Commission review of EU recovery funds ‘misleading’, campaigners claim

The European Commission has said member states have spent 40% of the EU’s covid recovery funds on climate action, but analysts and green groups are sceptical.

by Christian Ernhede
A railway bridge under construction in Krakow-Kazimierz, Poland, May 2022. EU covid recovery funding will support modernising 478km of railway lines in the country. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A railway bridge under construction in Krakow-Kazimierz, Poland, May 2022. EU covid recovery funding will support modernising 478km of railway lines in the country. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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