What Is Going On In Poland With A New Motorway?

Poland is in real trouble at the moment with the European Union who, along with many other organizations, are very unhappy with Polish plans to build a motorway through one of the countries most environmentally fragile wetland areas. The motorway work, which will link Poland to Finland, and is called the Via Baltica project, was due to start in February but the EU called a halt to work giving Poland a week to respond and restate its plans.

Now, everyone is waiting to see what will happen and to see if the Polish government will back down but environmental groups are trying to put on as much pressure as possible to save the area, which is rich in wildlife.

People are worried that the EU does not really have any power to stop the governments of its individual member states from going against European policy in this way.