5 Amendments of Siegfried MUREŞAN related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the launch of the European Fund for Strategic Investments and urges the EIB to ensure the additionality of its financing operations over ongoing EU programmes and traditional EIB activities; is worried that many projects selected during the warehousing phase would have found access to financing under normal conditions and do not meet the additionality requirement; recalls that the EFSI guarantee was meant to enable the EIB to take more risks and to move away fromwhile maintaining its triple-A-rating mantra; warn; stresses that it will be extremely vigilant in monitoring compliance with this criterion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that SMEs are the backbone of the European economy and should remain the principal target of the EIB lending activities by enforcing instruments such as the SME Trade Finance Facility or tailor-made financial solutions such as the InnovFin SME Guarantee Facility;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of avoiding geographical imbalances in EIB's lending activity so as to ensure a broader geographical and sectorial allocation;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls in this respect to enhance the EIB's external mandate in order to respond to the current challenges which the EU is facing; stresses the importance of EIB's financing activities in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood; recalls that the main financing activities should also aim at addressing both urgent needs and longer term challenges such as rebuilding infrastructure, ensuring adequate housing and emergency response infrastructure and combating youth unemployment;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Encourages the EIB to strengthen its activities so as to help address the external dimension and root causes of the current refugee and migration crisis; calls on the EIB in this respect to focus its activities in supporting investment needs in urban, health, educational and social infrastructure, stimulating economic activities that create new job opportunities and promoting cross-border cooperation between Member States and third countries ;