Activities of Adam SZEJNFELD related to 2018/2151(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the annual report on the control of the financial activities of the EIB
Amendments (12)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the focus of the EIB’s priorities in the 2017-19 Action Plan should be the effective implementation of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart and sustainable development;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that part of the EIB’s overall lending activity is dedicated to operations outside the Union; notes that there must be close coordination and complementarity between the EIB’s external lending activities and the EU External Investment Plan;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out that the EIB, when providing support to EU companies abroad, should take due account of the EU’s trade strategy, including existing and future free trade, services and investment agreements; points out that, in that context, the EIB should take particular account of the requirements of the internationalisation of European SMEs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Takes the view that the ratio between the financial resources earmarked for EIB tasks within the European Union (90%) and those implementing its objectives in more than 150 third countries (10%) should be analysed and adjusted if necessary;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the EIB has committed 25 % of its total financing to projects relating to climate change, rising to 35 % by 2020; urges the EIB to strongly reconsider this level of fundingpoints out that this trend should be assessed positively, noting that the projects supported should be effective not only in the fight against climate change but also from a financial perspective;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the EIB’s lending to Mediterranean Partner Countries will amount to EUR 15 billion over the next five years; cautions, however, that Transparency International considers these to be among the worst countries in the world for corruption; affirms that such lending should therefore cease until the appropriate auditing measures are in place should, in its lending activities, be required to exercise the highest level of precaution and care in implementing projects – including investments – in countries with low budgetary discipline and high level of corruption;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the EIB should increase its transparency, vis-à-vis not only the European Parliament, but also the parliamentauthorities of the Member States; believes that it is only right that democratic representatives should have more information about the activities of the EIB;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. EmphasiStresses that there will have to be special arrangements regarding the UK’s shareholding, in the framework of the ongoing negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, detailed arrangements for all the UK’s obligations towards the EIB must be drawn up in order to ensure that the EIB’s capacity to achieve its objectives is not affected;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. EmphasiStresses that systems need to be rigorous and transparentthe EIB should seek to further increase the transparency of decision-making procedures, in particular by developing clear and rigorous criteria for the selection and approval of supported projects;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that in order to achieve commercial control of projects, the EIB should replace with regional objectives the current system of horizontal high-level objectives set out in part 1 of the handbookTakes the view that, when the objectives of the European Union are being pursued, a balance should be kept between the horizontal and geographic approaches to EIB lending activities.