# Britain is poised to give tens of millions of pounds to ‘poor’ European countries despite fraud

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/britain-is-poised-to-give-tens-of-millions-of-pounds-to-poor-european-countries-despite-fraud/
- Published: 2026-11-08T23:13:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T23:20:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16276813/Britain-poised-tens-millions-pounds-poor-European-countries-despite-fraud.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Britain may pay into EU development funds to regain electricity market access.
- No UK contribution has been agreed, according to Government sources.
- The EU anti-fraud office opened 11 cohesion fund investigations last year.

## Summary

The UK is reportedly preparing to contribute tens of millions of pounds to EU development funds as part of negotiations to regain access to the bloc’s electricity market. The proposal matters because the funds have faced fraud investigations, while the Government says no contribution has been agreed.

The funds include the cohesion fund, which supports infrastructure in poorer EU countries such as Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia. The article says the EU’s anti-fraud office opened 11 investigations involving the fund last year; one concerned alleged fraud and forged documents in Romanian water projects with more than €100 million (£83 million) in EU funding. Government sources say talks remain ongoing and are not expected to conclude before the EU-UK summit later this month.

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