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Activists block the entrance to the European Investment Bank today to demand it stops funding fossil fuel projects
PROTESTERS from across Europe flocked to Luxembourg today to demand that the European Investment Bank (EIB) immediately ends its support for fossil-fuel projects around the world.
The action, the first targeting the European Union’s financial arm over climate change, took place a week before the 28 EU finance ministers are due to meet to review the bank’s energy lending policies.
Dozens of people representing communities in at least 12 countries blocked the bank’s entrance, singing and chanting. One of the EIB vice-presidents came out to listen to the testimonies of representatives.
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