4 Amendments of Lieve WIERINCK related to 2018/2161(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the EIB’s responsibility to intervene when there are specific market failures, such as the financial crisis and difficulties in accessing finance for SMEs and innovators; applauds the success of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), under which 898 operations have been approved and which is expected to trigger EUR 335 billion in investment across the 28 EU Member States; underlines the necessity to accelerate the work on building a Capital Markets Union thus enabling the EIB to really focus on filling the gaps where there are market failures or to provide financing for highly risky projects;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Welcomes the progress made by the EIB in contributing to preventing tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, aggressive tax planning, money laundering and the financing of terrorism through the full application of EU policies and standards, for example the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes; underlines the absolute necessity for the EIB to remain constantly vigilant and to adapt its actions to the permanently evolving reality concerning those practices;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. calls on the EIB to step up its efforts in terms of communication; believes it is key to engage with EU citizens in order to better explain the aim of its policies; believes in this respect that a reflexion should be initiated regarding the possibility to offer options for more direct subscription by EU citizens to strenghten the funding capacities of the EIB as a way, inter alia, to concretely illustrate the contribution of the EU to the daily lives of its citizens;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. recalls that the EIB group’s transparency policy is based on a presumption of disclosure and that everyone can access EIB group documents and information; calls on the EIB group to continue efforts to improve and increase its transparency practices, in line with recently undertaken improvements such as the publication of the minutes of its Board of Directors' meetings and the publication of the Scoreboard of indicators for projects supported by the EFSI guarantee; stresses, however, the importance of properly taking into account the EIB’s role as a financial institution that works with the private sector and which requires the strict protection of commercially sensitive information, in line with the respective EU legal framework;