8 Amendments of Patricia LALONDE related to 2017/2190(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that 10 % of the EIB’s overall lending activity is dedicated to operations outside the Union, and welcomes the fact that the overall amount being offered by the EIB to project promoters outside the EU has gone up since 2015; stresses, for this reason, the importance of the annual reporting by the EIB on its operations outside of the Union with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding the external action of the Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that 10 % of the EIB’s overall lending activity is dedicated to operations outside the Union; stresses, for this reason, the importance of the annual reporting by the EIB on its operations outside of the Union with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding the external action of the Union and the consistency of those operations with the EU's other policies, in particular its foreign, development, trade, security and defence, environmental and climate policies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the stepping-up of partnerships between the EIB and the Member States' development agencies, and projects carried out jointly by the EIB and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), in particular when the purpose of these projects is to help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that there has been a lack of foreign direct investment (FDI) support operations towards Asia in the last few years; stresses that EU investors should have a greater presence on the Chinese, Indian and ASEAN markets and benefit from a level playing field; calls on the EIB to provide direct financing to EU companies in support of outward investment, including through the external lending mandate (ELM);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the countries in the European Neighborhood and the ACP countries should have priority access to EIB investment projects; deplores the fact, therefore, that Africa is the area of the world which received the smallest financial package in 2016; calls for this trend to be reversed in the coming years;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Draws attention to the effectiveness of the Investment Facility launched in 2003 under the Cotonou Agreements, and calls for an instrument of this kind to be kept following the renegotiation of the agreements binding the European Union to its ACP partners in 2020;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the EIB must boost its capacity to take on and guarantee risks, in particular as regards projects to develop and strengthen the private sector, and those which are part of the Economic Resilience Initiative;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that exchanges between the EIB and Parliament concerning investments outside the EU should be more intensive and regular wiht the aim of enhancing the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny and transparency;