EU want Poland to refrain from building Vistula spit canal

Poland should refrain from building a canal through the Vistula Spit before it gets approval from European Commission, an EU official said, after Warsaw failed to assuage the bloc's concerns during talks in Brussels on Friday. "The Commission services did not confirm the need for this project," the official said.

"The Commission services will assess the additional information provided by the Polish authorities and the technical discussions will continue. "Pending a final Commission decision ... no works should be undertaken."

The European Commission, which checks policies and projects by EU states against the bloc's laws, has raised concerns about the planned canal, some of them environmental.