(European Parliament, Brussels, 30 January 2015) Twelve members of the European Parliament from 5 of the 7 political groupings in the Parliament have written EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström to express their "deep concerns about a non-paper for an EU position for the OECD...
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2015/01/29
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Brussels, 15 January 2015) European makers of equipment for coal-fired power plants should receive financial help to export it, an EU discussion paper seen by Reuters says, in a clash with the bloc's declared aim to lead the global fight against climate change. Coal is the most...
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2013/11/15
Issue: European Union
Member: FERN
November 14, 2013
ECA Watch has prepared this ‘shadow report’ — with the support of other civil society groups — in order to assess current ECA practice in relation to issues such as transparency, ...
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2013/02/28
(4-Traders, Annecy, 30 January 2013) The EFTA Surveillance Authority has adopted new guidelines for the assessment of state aid in the context of short-term export-credit insurance. The new guidelines are based on experience gained in applying the previous... more
Issue: European Union
2011/03/02
(Europa, Brussels, 23 February 2011) The European Commission has opened in-depth investigations to examine whether capital injections granted to Ducroire of Belgium and SACE BT of Italy by their respective State-owned parent entities, were in line with EU state aid rules.
ECAs: Ducroire/ Nationale Delcrederedienst, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: European Union
2010/02/02
(ECA Watch Austria, Vienna, 12 February 2010) Turkish prime minister Erdogan announced that construction of the Ilisu dam would soon restart, despite a 3 February 2010 European Parliament resolution which demanded that Ilisu construction stop as part of Turkey's accession negotiations with the EU.
Country: Turkey
Dodgy Deal: Ilisu Dam
Issue: European Union, Large Dams
2007/11/03
(FERN, Brussels, 29 Nov. 2007) With a resounding majority (540 MEPs of 785 in favour), the European Parliament today passed a resolution on trade and climate change which calls for "the discontinuation of public support, via export credit agencies and public investment banks, for fossil fuel... more
Issue: Climate Change, European Union
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald