The canal project is not able to achieve its goal of connecting the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea via inland navigation. As the project is enormously costly and would lead to huge environmental damage, we ask the European Commission to form its own independent opinion. The affected countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Austria – must be warned that this project does not comply with EU Directives. We ask the Danube-Odra-Elbe waterway and the Border Odra and Elbe sub-projects not to be included in the TEN-T network. We would welcome discussing the strategic implications of these projects with you.
