T&E

Cohesion funds �on a collision� course in CEE

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:00:00 CET

Billions of euros of EU taxpayers� money are in danger of being used to fund uneconomic and environmentally damaging transport infrastructure projects in the new member states of central and eastern Europe.

TENs budget shortfall a chance to reassess, says T&E

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:00:00 CET

EU finance ministers have cut the 2007-13 budget for trans-European transport networks from �20 billion to �7bn.

New TENs rules will promote �unviable projects�

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:00:00 CET

Environmental organisations have strongly criticised the European Parliament for approving new financing rules for trans-European transport networks that they say will lead to unviable projects getting EU funding.

De Palacio back to head TENs expansion working group

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:00:00 CET

The EU transport commissioner Jacques Barrot has brought back his predecessor Loyola de Palacio to head a �high level� working group looking at expanding the trans-European transport networks to the nations sharing borders with the EU.

Has nothing been learned about justifying infrastructure?

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:00:00 CET

Editorial by Markus Liechti

T&E was not alone in being concerned at the news that Jacques Barrot had set up a �high level group� to look for priority transport TENs projects with the EU�s new neighbouring states.

23-24/11/05 - NGO workshop on European legislation and sustainable transport infrastructure

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:11:44 CET

The European Advantage: How NGOs can benefit from recent European Legislation in their work for Sustainable Transport Infrastructure. Organised by CEE Bankwatch, T&E, BUND, Friends of the Earth Europe, Hnuti DUHA (Friends of the Earth Czech Republic). 23-24 November 2005, Prague.

France and Italy under fire after Mont Blanc verdict

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:00:00 CET

The lack of a coherent transport policy to shift goods traffic from road to rail has been criticised following the French tribunal investigating the 1999 fire in the Mont Blanc road tunnel in which 39 people died.

New Alpine tunnel fire brings pressure for shift

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:00:00 CET

The EU transport commissioner Jacques Barrot has called for an �urgent rebalancing of road and rail� after the latest fire in a road tunnel through the Alps.

EBRD bank projects �unsustainable�

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:00:00 CET

The leading NGO monitoring the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says the bank is ignoring environmental requirements in its charter and is continuing to invest in unsustainable transport projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Commission Risks Fast-Tracking Unviable Transport Projects

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:30:00 CET

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