20 Amendments of Ilana CICUREL related to 2023/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
– having regard to the EIB whistleblowing policy, published on 24 November 2021;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EIB is bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and that human rights principles are integrated into its due diligence procedures and standards, including publicly available ex-ante assessments;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EIB’s key priorities are sustainable investments in climate and the environment, development, innovation and skills, small and medium-sized enterprises, infrastructure and cohesion; whereas EIB investment has the capacity to support the social sector, including health, housing and education, tackling unemployment, poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Just Transition Mechanism is part of the EIB’s Climate Bank Roadmap;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call for a fair and transparent geographical distribution of projects and investment, with a focus on less-developed regions, especially in the health sector, innovation, digitalisation and infrastructure, with the view to promote inclusive growth and economic, social and territorial convergence and cohesion; calls for the EIB to be more active in addressing recurring shortcomings that prevent certain regions or countries from taking full advantage of the EIB's financial activities;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Bank to continue playing a major role in addressing investment gaps in sectors such as social housing, small utilities, public transport, sustainable transport, accessibility for people with disabilities and education projects, while ensuring additionality and complementarity with other public funds and with commercial lenders;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that in the present difficult context of the COVID pandemic recovery and the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the gap between economic situations and capacities of the Member States has deepened and underlines the importance to ensure that most affected regions and countries will adjust to the new circumstances so that no one is left behind;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that innovation is a driver of competitiveness, climate-change mitigation and economic and social development and that a significant structural gap persists in EU innovation and digitalisation investment; calls on the Bank to foster Europe’s autonomy in key technologies and to back the technological transformation of European companies while accelerating digitalisation; calls on the Bank to support strengthening cybersecurity capacities in the EU, to make Europe more resilient and reactive in front of cyber threats, while strengthening existing cooperation mechanism and protecting critical entities and essential services, such as hospitals and public utilities.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the European economy and points out that 23 million SMEs in the Union account for 99 % of all businesses and provide around two thirds of all jobs; believes that SMEs have a major role to play in the inclusive transition to climate neutrality, the digital transformation of European industries and the competitiveness of EU entrepreneurs, and avoid any new excessive requirements that would create more bureaucracy for SMEs;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the strengthening of technical assistance for and the financial expertise of local and regional authorities, especially in regions with low investment capacity, before project approval, in order to improve accessibility to EIB funding;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Underline that EU farmers are facing increasing challenges, such as the need to adapt to the Green Deal objectives but also disruption caused by the effects of energy crisis, rising inflation, the war in Ukraine; highlights that agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors are key players for growth and development inrural areas; calls on the EIB to provide better assistance and support these relevant sectors;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the EIB Board of Directors’ decision in October 2022 to raise the Group’s clean energy financing volumes in support of the REPowerEU objective of ending Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports, following which an additional EUR 30 billion will be invested over the next five years; understands that the REPowerEU package is expected to mobilise an estimated additional EUR 115 billion by 2027, thus making a substantial contribution to Europe’s energy independence and the EIB Group’s target to mobilise EUR 1 trillion in climate finance this decade; insists to strengthen investments with an EU added value by supporting transnational cooperation projects in energy production and in infrastructures;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls the importance for EIB to contribute to the development of our EU industrial capacities, by creating the right investment conditions to ensure security of supply in the entire value chain, and to contribute to our European future industrial leadership to strengthen our geopolitical weight;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is aware that, in its activities outside the EU, the EIB Group supports the objectives and priorities of the EU’s external actions, deploys its expertise and experience outside the EU in priority areas such as climate action, health and digitalisation, EU values, and good governance principles;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Welcomes the EIB’s financial and technical support to the Republic of Moldova, taking into account the energy dependency and vulnerability in the current geopolitical context; calls on the EIB to continues to support Moldova in accelerating its EU accession and it’s long-term energy autonomy and diversification;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Welcomes the first financial agreement signed between EIB and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) , that will provide IFAD EUR 500 million in support of IFAD’s programme to improve food security and reduce poverty in rural areas and to assist small-scale farmers to adapt to climate change;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Underlines the need for a regular structured dialogue between European Parliament and EIB; reiterates its request for an interinstitutional agreement between Parliament and the EIB in order to improve access to EIB documents and data;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Acknowledges the efforts madeNotes the steps taken by the EIB in recent years to improve the gender balance across its staff, in particular at management and senior-official levels; encourages the Bank to persist in its efforts to achieve a clearer gender balance within its organisation; observes that, in the EIB, by end 2022 women represented 44.5 % of the executive category (D/6; E/5; F/4), and, within this group, women represented 35.6 % of staff at senior officer level (6/D) and 44.3 % of staff at officer level (5/E), while at analyst/junior officer level (F/4) women represented 64.4 %; notes that, at end 2022, women represented 33 % of management staff categories (30.6 % at the EIB Group level), achieving the target set in the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2018-2021;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Understands that the EIB is progressing in the internal discussion on the ‘New Approach on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging’ which will replace the strategy valid for 2018-2021 and encourages the Bank to adopt it without delay; reiterates its call to the EIB to ensure proper geographical representation, including at middle and senior management levels, and calls on it to publish, annually, a gender and nationality breakdown of middle and senior management positions;