Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2020/2245(INI)
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Amendments (14)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has experienced severe under investment since the financial crisis while facing an urgent investment demand to cope with the required green and digital transformation of the economy and society;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the EIB is expected to support a fair green transition through the Just Transition Mechanism;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas public policy goals such as social coheterritorial and social cohesion, youth unemployment, tackling povery and social exclusion and sustainable development should be at the core focus and targets of the Bank;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas EIB plays a central role in the efforts of the EU to ensure the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. 9b Calls on the EIB to increase financing to address the technological transition, support development of skills adapted to the current and future labour market needs, further promote the investment in digital skills of employees and entrepreneurs, digital infrastructure and capacity-building for digitalization, provide funds for long term research and innovation, SMEs, support the social economy and enhance social and territorial cohesion, namely by filling current investment gaps in public housing and infrastructure;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of the results presented in the European Investment Advisory Hub Report 2019; commendhighlights the positive impact of the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH); calls to further strengthen the EIB’s in-house financial and capacities to ensure long-lasting commitment to the implementation and long-term financing horizon of EU missions such as cancer, adapting to climate change, ensuring a fair transition in the regions most impacted by the Green Deal transformations, protecting our oceans, living in greener cities and ensuring soil health and food; welcomes that in following up ECA’s recommendation a ‘Study on the root causes of the geographical spread of EFSI supported investment in response to recommendation 5 of the European Court of Auditors [Click and drag to move] ‘ performance audit on EFSI’ was presented in July 2019; takes note of the conclusions of this analysis; observes that the EFSI Steering Board emphasised the importance of achieving wide geographical distribution of EFSI investment to contribute to sustainable long-term economic convergence across the Union;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for strengthening technical assistance and financial expertise of local and regional authorities, especially in regions with low investment capacity, before project approval, in order to improve accessibility; calls for a more intensified cooperation with national promotional banks and institutions;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the EIB’s use of a progressively increasing shadow cost of carbon as part of the overall approach to ensure that EIB operations are consistent with the 1.5˚C target, while ensuring a just transition towards a carbon-neutral economy that leaves no one behind;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Notes that the EIB is bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and that human rights principles are integrated into its due diligence procedures and standards, including publicly available ex- ante assessments; Calls on the EIB to ensure that its complaints mechanism is fully functional in order to detect and redress possible human rights violations in EIB-related projects;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on the EIB to fully support the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through its activities within the framework of specific mandates decided by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the EIB to finalise the revision of the EIB Group Anti Fraud Policy (AFP) launched in 2019, in line with demands expressed by the European Parliament; welcomes the intensive dialogue between EIB and OLAF on its updating; invites the EIB to take advantage of the OLAF’s support role, enhanced with the new Commission Anti-Fraud Strategy (CAFS) adopted in April 2019; maintains that the EPPO’s mandate should include the prosecution of criminal activities affecting the EIB financing; Calls for a stronger external scrutiny of EIB by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates the importance of the involvement of local stakeholdersrelevant national, regional and local stakeholders, including climate experts, trade unions, civil society actor, business representatives, SMEs and academia when assessing impact of iInvestments; emphasises that consultations must be inclusive of all the interested communities, accessible to vulnerable groups, tailored on peculiarities of the stakeholders and continuous throughout the project lifecycle; calls for respecting the principle of compliance with the principle of free, prior, and informed consent from all the affected communities (besides the indigenous population) in case of land and natural resource-based investments, asks the EIB to report on the implementation of the above principles;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Points out that the Union has increasingly made use of financial instruments and budgetary guarantees provided to the EIB Group; recalls that, at present, the EIB Group operations not financed by the Union budget, but which still serve the same Union objectives, do not come under the Court’s audit mandate; points out that this results in the Court being unable to provide a complete overview of the links between the EIB Group operations and the Union budget; Calls on the EIB group to improve its accountability on these issues and suggests the idea of a quarterly dialogue with relevant committees of the Parliament to participate to the investment strategy of the EIB and ensure adequate oversight; stresses the importance of greater Parliament scrutiny over decision of the EIB board of directors and points to the possibility of Parliament having observer status in the board’s meetings to ensure better information sharing demands from the Commission to increase its transparency towards Parliament on the positions it takes in the EIB board of directors; asks for a Memorandum of Understanding between the EIB Group and the Parliament to improve Parliament’s access to EIB documents and data related to strategic orientation and financing policies in order to strengthen the Bank’s accountability; asks for the revision of the current Tripartite Agreement between the Commission, EIB and the Court with a view to define rules of engagement which enhance the role of the Court and further strengthen its auditing powers regarding EIB operations financed with EIB’s share capital;