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EU approves funding for fossil fuel projects linked to Azerbaijan's dictatorship
The European Parliament (left) and (right) Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev votes in the country's parliamentary ‘election’ last Sunday
THE European Parliament voted in favour of funding gas infrastructure projects today, including a controversial pipeline linked to the brutal dictatorship in Azerbaijan, a day after a fresh crackdown on civil rights activists in the country.
MEPs rejected a resolution that would have blocked the European Union from providing upwards of €25 million (£21m) for cross-border fossil fuel infrastructure.
“This a hypocritical decision that fails to reflect the scale of the climate impacts that we are already experiencing and the urgent need to keep fossil fuels in the ground,” said Clemence Dubois of environmental charity 350.org.
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