28/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 27 February, the European Commission authorised public financing from France and Spain to the Fres Mos project. Both states will grant €15 million in subsidies for the project to link the French port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire with the Spanish port of Gijón, to be operated by GLD Atlantique. This “motorway of the sea” project will also receive EU aid of about €4 million in the context of the 2009 Marco Polo II call for proposals, which allowed the Commission to select 22 projects with overall funding of €66.3 million. With these projects, the Commission expects to shift a total of 16.8 billion tonne/kilometres of freight away from the roads. (O.L./transl.jl)