10 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the increase in the EIB Group’s total financing activities in 2014, including over EUR 50 billion in additional lending and more than EUR 150 billion in mobilised investment, which is essential for complementing cohesion policy and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds);
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the EIB to assess the effects of the economic crisis in relations with the banking system and the final recipients of EIB funding, in particular regarding SMEs, social economy sector and public companies;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that persistent problems such as financial barriers result in a lack of investment within the EU and the urgent need to mobilise investment in order to boost the real economy; welcomes, in this regard, the proposal for an Investment Plan for Europe and the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); recalls that there is a need to ensure consistency and complementarity between the EFSI and other EU policies and instruments, in particular the ESI Funds;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a revision of the EIB's External Mandate so that available resources can be increasingly concentrated inside the European Union;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the EIB Operational Plan for 2015-2017; welcomstresses the fact that it recognises that speeds of recovery differ between the Member States and that it has set economic and social cohesion as a cross-cutting policy goal;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that there are still considerable margins for manoeuvre for improving transparency, assessing the economic and social impact of the loans and the effectiveness in the implementation of due diligence;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeConsiders the enlarged role the EIB Group will play in implementing cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 programming period;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers administrative burdens and a lack of administrative capacity a serious obstacle to successfully achieving cohesion policy goals; stresses the importance of the EIB’s advisory role and recognises the efforts undertaken in this context; welcomstresses the partnership between the Commission and the EIB in setting up the fi-compass advisory platform;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expresses concern for some projects included in the national pipelines submitted to the European Commission to be financed by the EIB or at least for its support in the framework of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); recalls that among those projects presented to the EIB, there are harmful, dangerous, wasteful plans as the HST, the implementation of ILVA steel plant in Taranto or the LNG terminals;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls the importance of the multilateral cooperation between the EIB and the national promotional banks in order to foster synergies, share risks and costs, and ensure appropriate lending to EU projects with a positive impact on productivity, job creation, environmental protection and quality of life;