Activities of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2013/2131(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Investment Bank annual report 2012 (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EIB was set up by the Treaty of Rome with the dual role of being the bank of the European Union as well as a policy-driven bank, with the aim of helping to realise the Union's priorities byand, under Article 309 TFEU, its task is to contribute, by having recourse to the capital market and utilising its own resources, to the balanced and steady development of the internal market in the interest of the Union. It selectings, economically valuableuseful projects for investment by the EU;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the Member States have failed to pay into the EIB account EUR 220.7 billion of a subscribed share capital of EUR 242.4 billion;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EIB to report to Parliament on the consistency of this capital increase with the failure of the Member States to pay up EUR 220.7 billion of a subscribed share capital of EUR 242.4 billion;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards the Compact for Growth and Jobs as an importantnadequate response to the challenges facing the EU, noting that the EIB capital increase and an enhanced recourse to joint Commission-EIB risk sharing instruments, coupled with synergies between EIB and EIF specialised activities, are key elements for its success;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the EIB to focus its financing on projects with proven high economic rates of return, which ensure that individual investment projects that contribute strongly to economic growth;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the conclusions of the European Council 14 and 15 March 2013 calling on the Commission, together with the EIB, to present in June 2013 a report on the opportunities and targeted priorities to be identified through the implementation of the Pact for Growth and Employment, especially with regard to infrastructure, energy efficiency and efficient use of resources, the digital economy, research and innovation and SMEs and calls, on the basis of this report, for a political debate in the European Parliament to be attended by with the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the European Investment Bank;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Reiterates its proposal for the European Union to become a member of the EIB;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Considers it to be fundamental that the EIB maintains its triple A rating as it enabled it to borrow EUR 71 billion on the international capital markets in 2012; considers that while maintaining the triple A rating is an essential ‘asset’ when it comes to preserving the EIB’s financial strength and capacity to inject money in the real economy, this should not lead to the financing of certain projects being waived or replaced at favourable rates; encourages the EIB also to research higher-value-added projects with higher risk;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Recalls and stresses, as in previous years, the necessity for prudential banking supervision of the EIB to be carried out by European Central Bank, in the framework of the future Banking Union; invites, once more, the Commission to make a proposal in this regardand calls for a legal study into ways of finding a possible solution;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)