US EditionControversial Climate Protection Project: Eu Supports Construction of Wrestling Arenas in Gambia with Almost 500,000 Euros
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Show fights in the West African country are intended to strengthen the resilience of local communities against climate change. Gambia has long celebrated the project, and it has only now become publicly known in Europe.
In the course of a development aid project, Gambia (West Africa) received half a million euros from the European Union – allegedly to combat climate change. Unbelievable: The money flowed to the "Gambia Wrestling Forum" and was used for the construction of three wrestling arenas. After cycling routes in Peru, wrestling struggles in Africa are now being sponsored. The European Union has transferred 499,950 euros to the "Gambia Wrestling Associati…
The EU is supporting the construction of wrestling arenas in Gambia with almost 500,000 euros – in order to strengthen the resilience against climate change. "People must slowly believe that we are dealing with madmen," says FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki.
BERLIN. A project to promote traditional wrestling competitions in Gambia is currently attracting public attention – not least because of its unusual objective: With around 500,000 euros from EU funds, the "resistance of local communities to climate change" was to be strengthened between 2020 and 2023. The money flowed to the Gambia Wrestling Association, as from data from the transparency platform NGO [...]
Older Western women have also been struggling for years to increase their resilience. Unfortunately, it's Europe's largest net contributor, it really is. Receipt can be found here at ngotransparency.eu after searching for "Gambia Wrestling." Because if there's anything worth your half a million euros, it's Gambian wrestling matches "to enhance resilience against climate change in local communities." How else can you expect Gambians to cope with …
The new transparency platform "Ngotransparency.eu" of the PfE group in the European Parliament reveals a list of controversial EU funding projects. Of particular interest is a commitment of almost 500,000 euros for wrestling arenas in Gambia – supposedly to strengthen resilience against climate change. FDP Vice President Kubicki denounces "madness" in Brussels' climate policy.
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