10 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2016/2098(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the important role played by EIB funding at a time of serious economic and financial crisis that is having a serious impact on traditional credit systems;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the level of financing of the objectives of economic and social cohesion (EUR 17 634 billion) and rural and urban regeneration (EUR 5 467 billion); regards that funding as an essential complement to cohesion policy and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESFIs);
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the quality of the loan portfolio remains high thanks to the prudent risk management policies pursued; requests the EIB, however, to increase its risk appetite while maintaining a high loan portfolio level, including by means of arrangements for ever-closer coordination with national bodies that underwrite preferential loans for investment programmes that are in keeping with the development objectives promoted by the EIB;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB and the Commission and on local and regional authorities to strengthen their cooperation in order to create more synergies between the ESI Funds and EIB financing instruments and loans;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the SME Initiative is not delivering as planned and calls on the EIB to monitor and improve the use of the instrument of securitisation to facilitate access to credit for SMEs in particular;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests the Member States to make full use of their allocation of ESI Funds and additionality, thus complementing EIB loans and financial instruments; asks, moreover, for greater blending of grants with EIB financing; in order better to exploit the leverage effect of the ESI Funds;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EIB to increase its financing of economic and social cohesion as well as of the urban objectives; calls, moreover, for the development of special financial instruments for macroregional to support the implementation of macroregional action plans and strategies;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EIB to develop a communication policy regarding its activities, including its advisory activities, so that all forms of government and all beneficiaries can have access to its programmes;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the EIB to step up its cooperation and coordination with the National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs) in order to blend and implement financial instruments nationally and regionally, also in synergy with the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investments).