EEC to help non members?
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MPs in the European Perlis ment have thrown their sup port behind moves to spent EEC money on improvini roads in non-member coun tries, writes our Brussel: correspondent.
Austria, which has applied t( the EEC for finance to help buil( a motorway to the Yugosla■ frontier, would be the first t( benefit.
Other schemes, which wer( listed in a report to Parliament were new tunnels under thE Swiss Alps and better road: across Yugoslavia which wil help drivers on the long haul tc the Middle East.
The 720-mile long Autoput — the narrow concrete transit road across Yugoslavia to Bulgaria and Greece — is regardec as the most dangerous in Europe.
The Euro MPs went further than the Brussels Commission which recommends financing only road, rail and inland waterway projects outside the community.
They called for the scheme to be extended to improve airports and harbour installations.
The final decision, however, rests in the hands of Transport Ministers from the nine EEC member countries.
So far they have not pronounced on proposals to spend money on transport infrastructure projects inside the community.