8 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that persistent problems such as financial barriers result inthe economic and financial crisis and the close-minded approach of traditional credit systems have contributed towards a lack of investment within the EU and the urgent need to mobilise investment in order to boost the real economy; welcomes, in this regard, the proposal for an Investment Plan for Europe and the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); recalls that there is a need to ensure consistency and complementarity between the EFSI and other EU policies and instruments, in particular the ESI Funds;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the European Parliament must be a key partner in selecting strategies and projects to be co-funded by the EFSI, and must play a fundamental role in monitoring the impact of these strategies and projects in terms of employment and economic growth;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises that, despite its strategic role, the EFSI is merely one relatively small potential resource for supporting EIB investments; calls on the EIB to maintain a constant exchange of information with the European Parliament concerning all the work it carries out;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the enlarged role the EIB Group will play in implementing cohesion policy for the 2014-2020 programming period; emphasises the importance of maintaining a constant dialogue with the managing authorities of operational programmes in order to establish synergies enabling improved attainment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, amongst other things in supporting MSMEs (micro, small, and medium enterprises);
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the EIB’s role in financing works to assure the basic needs of third country populations; calls on the EIB to increase its efforts, in particular in those sectors which impact the weakest parts of the population, such as education and training;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EIB to better promote their planning consultancy activities, by aiding the managing authorities of ESI funds to better spend resources available to them for the benefit of all European citizens;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EIB to use the EFSI to increase its support to projects covered by the EU macro- regional strategyies; stresses the importance of continuing to support the traditionalsupporting all the economic sectors inof the EU, such as agriculture, shipbuilding and tourism; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of financial and investment platforms in order to enable the bundling of funds from various sources and the mobilisation of investments needed for such macro- regional projects;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a strengthened dialogue between the EIB and Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development, with regard to EIB activities which have an impact on economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU; calls, furthermore, for regular updates on the administration costs incurred by the EIB and on the impact of financed projects in terms of employment and added economic value.