12 Amendments of Georgios KYRTSOS related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EIB has also an important role to play outside the EU through its external lending initiatives;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the current crisis has significantly weakened potential growth in the European economy and that one of the main factors is the decline in public and private investment in the EU, to approximately 18 % below 2007 levels; in extreme cases such as Greece and Portugal the declining public and private investment has reached alarming levels and, according to the OECD, gross national income vestment(GNI) has declined by 65 % in Greece and by 35 % in Portugal from 2007 levels;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the fact that EIB Group supports the Commission´s stance on aggressive tax avoidance structures and notes that further to the EIB´s own safeguards, the deployment of public funds managed by the EIB under mandate is also subject to control by the European Court of Auditors ;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes that all projects funded by the EIB, including those funded by financial intermediaries, are published on the EIB´s website and are subject to high accountability standards;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Particularly welcomes the fact that total investment in EFSI approvals amounts to EUR 115.738,3 billion, which is equivalent to 37 44% of the original target value (EUR 315 billion) when this report is being drafted with the figures growing; so far, 361 transactions have been approved in 27 of the 28 Member States;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a wider use of the EIB’s financial instruments, in combination with the European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) and EFSI funds, to enhance regional development in the Member States, and underlines that a simplification of the ESIF-EFSI combination is needed; challenge is to maximize the synergies between ESIF and EFSI notably in Cohesion countries;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that digitalisation projects and research & innovation should be at the core of the projects funded by the EIB and especially under the EFSI initiatives;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
In 2015 the EIB, after public consultation, published a formal Climate Action Strategy in the direction of helping implementing the Paris Agreement inside and outside the EU.
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the growing involvement of the EIB with climate change, which was related to 5027 % of the projects approved in 2015; climate finance and totalled in EUR 20.6 billion, the largest ever annual amount invested in it by the EIB; climate and the environment were the focus of almost 50% of EIB approved projects last year;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the fact that the European Council has endorsed EIB´s initiative to rapidly mobilise additional financing in support of sustainable growth, vital infrastructure and social cohesion in Southern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans countries ( Crisis Response and Resilience Initiative)
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Notes that the EIB Resilience Initiative for the Southern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans should be seen as complementing the new Commission´s initiative to set up an External Investment Plan;