8 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/2071(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the EIB’s important rolepotential of the EIB in the implementation of cohesion policy through activities aimed at strengtheningwith regard to project preparation capacities, consultancy and analysis services and loans for national co- financing;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIBRegrets the lack of data available on the role of the EIB at each stage of the implementation cycle of cohesion policy and the limited understanding of the ways in which EIB lending activities contribute to cohesion policy; urges the EIB, therefore, to present an additional special chapter in its annual report dedicated to EIB activities aimed at the implementation of cohesion policy by Member States, and to include detailed information on the use of loans in cohesion policy projects and programmes;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the EIB, as an institution through which the EU finances projects aimed at fulfilling EU policies, should contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion; notices however that, according to the geographical breakdown of lending by country in which projects are located, five Member States received 54.11 % of the total loans granted in 2016; points out, moreover, that over 10% of EIB financial support was lent to non-EU countries;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with concern the drive towards using financial instruments with a high risk profile; notes in particular the EIB's so-called special activities, which are high-risk and are supposed to be even encouraged in 2017 with a view to the reorganisation of procedures relating to quasi-equity investment operations and new instruments;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the factNotes that, in 2016, more than 50 % of the total approved loans were invested in the transport, energy, industry, services, agriculture and water and waste management sectors, which indicates thematic concentr; regrets the lack of financial support, amounting to little more than 8% of the total, for sectors such as health and education; underlines that projects supporting the revitalisation of rural and other less populated, less accessible and underdeveloped areas should have priority in all sectors;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the support given to activities that have a heavy impact and are still linked to fossil fuels, such as gas, the Milazzo refinery and ArcelorMittal steel plants; condemns the support given to the Mose project in Venice, which is costing billions and is having problems relating to malfunctioning and delivery delays, with investigations under way for bribes and corruption; regrets also the will to support a costly and harmful construction project such as the TAP;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes the high and widespread number of funding instruments for SMEs, but highlights the lack of specific data concerning the costs and management of those products, not to mention the final figures effectively used by beneficiaries.