6 Amendments of Hélène LAPORTE related to 2019/2126(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the EIB is not a European institution but a public bank in the service of the Member States; stresses that as a result, no European institution, either the Commission or Parliament, may interfere in its management;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that SMEs are finding it difficult to access financing as a result of the conditions for granting appropriations becoming more stringent under the Basel III regulations; therefore asks to EIB to step up its efforts, focusing these on SMEs in order to reduce bank anxiety and the shortcomings of the financial markets;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. UrgeAsks the EIB, the largest multilateral lender in the world, to maintain its leading role in future EU financing mechanisms for third countries; opposescease all financing efforts in the arecent initiatives to encourage the EIB to be more active inas of defence and security, migration management and border control;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes note of the EIB evaluation report of July 2017 on intermediated lending in ACP countries (Africa- Caribbean-Pacific region)5; is concerned about the visible lack of control over the funds managed by financial intermediaries and the difficulty of monitoring the benefits of the loans; stresses, in particular, that between 2015 and 2018 some 30% of intermediated lending was not specifically earmarked6; recommends that the EIB implement a more effective system of controls; _________________ 5 EIB, ‘Evaluation of the EIB Intermediated Lending through the Investment Facility in ACP’, July 2017. 6Report ‘: 'Cachez ces fossiles que l’on ne saurait voir: 3 institutions financières publiques à l’épreuve de l’Accord de Paris’', Les Amis de la Terre France, Oxfam France and Réseau Action Climat- France, July 2019.
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Regrets the fact that in 2018 EIB loans to Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, reached EUR 385.8 million and notes with concern that more than EUR 28.9 billion has been lent to Turkey since 2000;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Notes with concern the continued increase in general administrative expenses, primarily driven by the increase in staff-related costs; asks the EIB to maintain cost discipline and to keep its management structure lean and efficient;