Croatian government has finalized a EUR 163 million national program supporting the procurement of 206 electric buses for public urban and suburban transport across 17 cities and municipalities. The Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure confirmed (as r eported on Balkan Green Energy News) that seventeen local authorities have been awarded EUR 143 million in subsidies for electric bus procurement, with the total investment value reaching EUR 163 million.
France is a great trading nation. France is the world's sixth largest food exporter. Why are French farmers and French politicians so viscerally hostile to trade? French farmers get over 9 billion a year in subsidies from Brussels, more than any other country. And yet they oppose any EU trade agreement which would help other industries but might provide limited competition to farmers.