41 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2016/2099(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a comprehensive and proper parliamentary accountability of EIB should be developed;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EIB generates a surplus despite not being a profit- maximizing institution;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EIB should boost its macroeconomic analysis capacity;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the EIB should move towards the development bank model by establishing, among other plans, programme strategies agreed with the Member States and within the framework of the national reform programmes and country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the EIB should step up the assessment of projects financed with measurable impact indicators;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EIB investments should increase in real terms every year, at least while the investment gap caused by the financial and economic crisis is filled;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the EIB bonds are the only example of Union debt issuances;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that the EIB should play a fundamental role in the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy through the Horizon 2020 instrument;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EIB to help the Member States to identify fundable projects;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the strengthening of EU competitiveness depends among other things on an increase in public and private investment, especially in innovation , the circular economy and digitalisation;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern the stability of the EIB lending signed in 2015 (EUR 77.5 billion, after EUR 77 billion in 2014); points out that, while the figure complies with the target announced in the EIB Operational Plan 2015-2017, the current context should encourage the bank to adopt more ambitious objectives;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that a new increase in capital deserves considerationshould go ahead, with the objective of safeguarding the bank’s financing capacity for the coming years;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Suggests that the EIB facilitates the direct purchase of EIB bonds by EU citizens and residents, through the opening of an online sale system in its website, and through its commercialization by Member States NCBs, postal services and other suitable providers;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for financial support to be given to indigenous energy sources in order to overcome Europe's high level of external energy dependency and ensure security of supply;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that it is important to fund projects that intensively use labour to maximise the impact in terms of job creation;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the EIB to provide detailed information on the direct and indirect jobs created by every project funded;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the EIB to step up the assessment of projects;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the EIB to present an assessment of the potential effect that Brexitthe departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union might have on its financial status and activities;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for the EIB to establish a subsidy programme with a view to supporting training and research activities, promoting European history and culture, and driving entrepreneurship, financed by means of a portion of its annual surplus;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that the EIB should be not only a financial institution but also a knowledge and good practices bank;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EIB to study the viability of creating a European savings account with capital intended to finance investments in the circular economy, the recycling industry, renewable energy and biofuels, non-fossil fuel-based alternative transport methods, the bioeconomy, the bioindustry and biomass, green building, bioplastics and organic farming;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Encourages the EIB to expand its analytical work, research programme and range of empirical studies and publications;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Suggests that the EIB enhance its sectoral analysis capacities;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Given the strategic role of SMEs in defining the level of employment, takes the view that the EIB should also devise a strategy to increase the financing of SMEs in countries with adverse economic and banking environments; believes that particular attention should also be paid to competitive very small enterprises in need of financing, micro-enterprises and micro- entrepreneurs;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reminds that more than 90% of EU SMEs are microenterprises providing almost 30% of employment in the private sector; microenterprises are more vulnerable to economic shocks than larger firms and may remain underserved in credit provision; believes that in the domain of access to finance, the EIB could emphasise bridging possible funding gaps for microenterprises through financial instruments and products such as microfinance facilities and guarantees;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the strong increase in EIB lending to innovative projects, which stood at EUR 18.7 billion in 2015, as compared to less than EUR 10 billion in 2008; urges the EIB to continue this effort and to focus on the development of technologies for the future such as energy- efficiency transport, the bioeconomy, the digital economy and new medical treatments for a better life; believes that concentrating on InnovFin and FinTech will attract projects with added value in the Member States;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes the view that the EIB should devise ways of relaxing the conditionality for benefitting firms in regions with youth unemployment above 25 %, without calling into questionsignificantly easing the criteria to assess the vibankability of the projects so as to boost young entrepreneurship and support firm creation;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Climate actionchange action and the green economy
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Encourages the EIB to increase lending in renewable energy projects;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Encourages the EIB to increase financing to the bio-economy sector, including bio-based industries, biotechnology and the efficient management of natural resources, particularly in crisis-affected Member States and Regions, in partnership with Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), the €3.7 billion Public-Private Partnership on Bio-based Industries between the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC);
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Encourages the EIB to finalise its 'Study on access-to-finance for Bio-based Industries and the Blue Economy'[1] and to propose a concrete action plan for the implementation of the preliminary recommendations of the study: (1) Support market uptake, (2) Raise awareness in the financial community and (3) Create public financial instruments dedicated to biobased industries investment projects; [1] https://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy /pdf/summit/day2//2_030.EIB_bioeconom y%20presentation.pdf#view=fit&pagemod e=none
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Points out that loans in third countries are key to contributing to the stability and development of countries in North Africa and the Middle East;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Refugee crisis and migration withinflows into the EU
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the EIB to continue its action to tackle the refugee crisiflows by financing emergency projects in countries of destination and making long-term investments in the refugees’ countries of origin;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the EIB to continue its social housing project lending in order to cope with the arrival of large number of refugees in the EU Member States;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Recalls its call for regular structured dialogue between the President of the EIB and the European Parliament to ensure increased parliamentary oversight of the EIB's activities; calls for the signing of an inter-institutional agreement between the EIB and Parliament notably to clarify modalities related to such structured dialogues and the exchange of information, including the possibility for Members of the European Parliament to ask direct questions to EIB President with an agreed timeline for response, as already happens with the ECB President;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Asks the EIB to agree to sign an agreement with Parliament to allow direct written questions by Members to its President, as already happens with the ECB President;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the EIB not to open or keep bank accounts in tax havens;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Calls on the EIB not to grant loans to companies with bank accounts or offices in tax havens;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Calls on the EIB not to allow companies with bank accounts or offices in tax havens to take part in tenders;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Calls on the EIB not to use financial intermediaries or enter into contracts with financial entities with bank accounts or offices in tax havens to take part in tenders;