Activities of Marlene MORTLER related to 2020/2124(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas in 2020 the EIB´s financing for countries outside the Union was EUR 10.2 billion and lending to African countries alone was EUR 4.7 billion;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the important role that the EIB, the world’s largest multilateral lender, can play in contributing to the Union’s development policy objectives, and in particular its potential to promote climate action andcontribution to tackle poverty and food crisis, to promote climate action, development and the achievement of the SDGs as wells as to support the recovery from shocks such as COVID-19;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the ‘policy first’ principle underpinning the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+), which should further enhance coherence and coordination among the EIB, the Commission and Member States in identifying investment operations that can contribute to sustainable development;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the importance to further enhance the existing monitoring framework of the EIB to better assess and track the inputs and outputs of different projects, to monitor technical assistance activities and results, to facilitate financing as well as to strengthen technical advice operations;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Points out that the agriculture, food, forestry and fisheries sectors are key players for growth and development in rural areas; calls the EIB to boost its investment and to support innovation in these relevant sectors, which can significantly contribute to food security, heathy diets as well as sustainability and resilience of global food systems; recalls the need for cooperation in the framework of the UN Food System Summit to achieve more progress on all 17 SDGs;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls the EIB to continue supporting specific investments to guarantee an equal access to education, employment and financial services of women and girls, which are more vulnerable to the effects of poverty, food and economic crises;