7 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. urges the EIB to review its funding activities in line with resolution 2015/2840(RSP) of the European Parliament on Azerbaijan, which calls on the Commission to review and suspend temporarily, if needed, all funding not related to human rights, civil society and grassroots level people-to-people cooperation granted to Azerbaijan through the European Neighbourhood Instrument, due to the continuously deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recommends focussing lending operations to smaller-scale, off-grid decentralised renewable energy projects involving citizens and communities, as well as to integrate the Energy Efficiency First principle in all Bank policies and operations;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the EIB to annually report on the implementation of its Climate Policy;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Commends the high level of transparency achieved by the EIB; suggests further improvements in transparency with regard to the assessment of the economic and social impact of the EIB’s intermediated loans; is irritated by the way the EIB is handling the results of its own investigation into the 17 loans exceeding in total 4 billion Euro provided to the Volkswagen group between 2005 and 2015, out of which 12 loans aimed at fuel efficiency and emissions reduction and five were classified as EIB's Climate Action;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. deplores the fact that for the construction of Trans Adriatic Pipeline, within the EU borders, a legal entity incorporated in Switzerland (TRANS ADRIATIC PIPELINE AG) is being used, and calls on the EIB to provide an explanation why the biggest ever single investment loan (EUR 2 bn) will end up in the Swiss tax haven;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the EIB to provide to the European Parliament and to the public detailed information on the EIB funding and the performance of the business ombudsman in the Ukraine;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the EIB to collect data on the tax payments resulting from its investment and lending operations, especially on taxation of corporate profits and particularly in developing countries, and to analyse and publish this data annually;