2 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2016/2302(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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1. Emphasises that the ultimate purpose of financial instruments (FIs) is to act in situations of market failure or suboptimal investment as a catalyst making it possible to mobilise funding for projects which cannot secure adequate support from the market; emphasises that FIs do not have the same aims as grant schemes and cannot fund the same investments efficiently; insists that the funding channelled through the EU-supported FIs should play a social role and not be limited to satisfying private interests only;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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1. Emphasises that the ultimate purpose of financial instruments (FIs) is to act in situations of market failure or suboptimal investment as a catalyst making it possible to mobilise funding for projects which cannot secure adequate support from the market; insists that the funding channelled through the EU-supported FIs should play a social and/or climate and environmental role, and not be limited to satisfying private interests only;