€672bn fund could pay for projects including building pylons next to a protected natural habitat
The EU’s landmark €672.5bn (£579bn) Covid fund for a “green recovery” could finance construction of electricity pylons by a protected natural habitat, the purchase of diesel-fuelled tractors and new furnaces at a controversial steel plant, under member states’ national plans.
An assessment by MEPs of the funding proposals from 23 member states so far submitted to the European Commission found a legion of examples of projects that it is claimed risk undermining the green credentials of the recovery and resilience facility (RRF).
