15 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EIB is considered to be the ‘financial arm of the EU’ and the key institution for sustaining public and private investments within the EU, its role being still more essential since the start of the financial crisis in 2008;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EIB should further enhance transparency and access to information both internally and for the bodies who democratically control the EIB, especially regarding the selection, monitoring and evaluation of activities and programmes
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EIB shouldcan help address regional inequalities on the basis of financing sound investment projects; whereas, in particular, the EIB should devise additional ways of sustaining the economic development of countries that have had to apply a stabilisation programme;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EIB investments in shoulnd projects can help tackleing youth unemployment by equipping young people with the required set of skills and provide access to finance linked also to the employment of young people;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the current crisis has significantly weakened potential growth in the European economy and that one of the main factors is the decline in public and private investment in the EU, to approximately 18 % below 2007 levels; in extreme cases such as Greece and Portugal the declining public and private investment has reached alarming levels and, according to the OECD, gross national income (GNI) has declined by 65 % in Greece and by 35 % in Portugal from 2007 levels;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the strengthening of EU competitiveness depends among other things on an increase in public and private investment, especially in innovation and digitalisation;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes the urgent need for the EIB to address the investment gap based on sound economic criteria; calls on the EIB to focus its efforts on more effective and efficient investments combined with attracting and allowing private investment
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that investment financing should be increased in the industriale importance of investment in innovative sectors, especially where exports are concerned, because without a considerable increase in exports the probability of a successful conclusion to an adjustment programme will be diminished; Calls on the EIB to act in a market conform way so as to create an equal level playing field for other investors
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the EIB to present an assessment of the potential effect that Brexit might have on its financial status and activities; underlines the necessity for the EIB to take Brexit into account when engaging in long term commitments;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Given the strategic role of SMEs in defining the level of employment, takes the view that the EIB should also devise a strategy to increase the financing of SMEs in countries with adverse economic and banking environments; believes that particular attention should also be paid to competitive very small enterpriseand agile SMEs in need of financing;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. CRecalls on the EIB to foster the inclusion of investment in human capital in its scope of actthat EIB investments in sound investment projects can help fostering social inclusion, especially in Member States with high levels of unemployment and low rates of productivity;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls that the technical assistance facility of the EIB is an essential complement to approved financing, especially in the extremely poor countries;