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Pressure Rises to Cut Poland Off From Billions in EU Green Cash
- Climate activists urge stricter rules for aid before EU summit
- EU chief seeks conditional access for Poland to climate fund
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Pressure is mounting on Poland to either get on board with European Union plans to become carbon neutral in the next three decades or potentially forfeit billions of euros in aid from Brussels.
The demands on Poland highlight growing tension over the bloc’s trillion-euro budget and climate ambitions. Just two days ahead of an emergency summit called by EU governments to discuss the issues, environmental activists want to restrict the country’s access to a 7.5 billion-euro ($8.1 billion) transition fund. EU President Charles Michel said he also wants to limit aid to countries that fail to respect the 2050 deadline for eradicating emissions.