8 Amendments of Jürgen KLUTE related to 2011/2186(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the EIB Group1 should continue reporting annually to Parliament on its lending activities within the EU, with regard to the promotion of Union's objectives and the Europe 2020 Strategytargets, and outside the EU, with regard to its mandate and the overall policy coherence of the EU's external action; takes the view that the EIB and the EBRD should also focus on strengthening their cooperation in third countries, in order to enhance their respective comparative advantages and avoid overlaps in their work2; considers that the EIB should start submitting trimestrial reports from 2013 on;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the EIB should implement mechanisms to guarantee that in all its financial operations the EU's environmental, social, human rights, transparency and procurement standards are strictly respected; calls on EIB to further enhance transparency in its lending through financial intermediaries and to prevent the use of tax havens, transfer pricing and tax avoidance;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends the EIB to adopt a moratorium on mining projects it finances as long as strong binding standards are not in place in order to guarantee the application of regulations that will prevent cases like Mopani to happen again;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EIB Group to continue implementing best prudential banking practices in order to maintain its very strong capital position and contribute to the growth of the real economy; callasks, therefore, for the EIB to unconsidergo a stress test to ensure that it keeps its AAA ratinglightly less strong capital positions and to accept an AA rating in order to increase the money available for investments projects by the EIB; asks the EIB to find the equilibrium between best possible rating and highest available investment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EIB Group to make available on its website, where appropriate, relevant information on the beneficiaries of long- term loans and guarantees, on its financial intermediaries, project eligibility criteria and, in particular, venture-capital loans to SMEs; on environmental, social and macroeconomic impact of supported projects according to independent evaluations;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB to clarify its stance on the so-called Project Bonds, Eurobonds or other innovative financial instruments based on co-financing between the EU and EIB budgets; considers that the same strict requirements regarding environmental, social, civil rights and transparency standards need to be respected in all innovative financing instruments;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB to step upreview its activities in its southern Mediterranean countries of operation with a view to promote investment in economic development and support the democratic process in those countriese region; calls on the EIB to stall new loans to any of the southern Mediterranean countries where a democratic government and the rule of law is not established;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EIB to enhance its activities in EU countries with large and persisting current account deficits with a view to fostering social and economic convergence and increase financial and political sustainability of the monetary union;