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Activities of Joachim KUHS related to 2021/2203(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)
2022/07/06
Dossiers: 2021/2203(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021
2022/05/25
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2021/2203(INI)
Documents: PDF(212 KB) DOC(79 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'David CORMAND', 'mepid': 197503}]

Amendments (8)

Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the factTakes note that 43 % of lending in 2021 was climate and environment related and applaudsof the intention to meet the climate lending target in 2022; stresses that the Climate Bank Roadmap (CBR) alone is not enough to ensure alignment with the objective of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C; calls for an immediate halt to carbon markets and offsetting and for all action plans for the implementation of the CBR to be made publicexpresses, however, great concern about the additional cost borne by European citizens, who are already being faced with an unprecedented increase in energy prices;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Paris alignment for Counterparties; reiterates its call for financial intermediaries and not only corporate clients to have decarbonisation plans as soon as possible and by the end of 2025 at the latest; calls for a focus on the credibility of short-term decarbonisation plans; expects the EIB to systematically check and ensure compliance, in particular as regards ESSF implementation;deleted
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses its support for EIB Global; expects full alignment of investments in non-EU countries with intra-EU lending and EU external action; calls for public consultation on the strategies linked to EIB Global with a particular focus on the role of recipient countries and specific chapters on human rights due diligenceConsiders that, in a difficult economic period for the Member States, aid to non-EU countries should be limited and the funds saved should be used within the European Union;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Regrets the fact that at the end of 2020, the total disbursed exposure in Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, amounted to EUR 10.4 billion and that a further EUR 0.5 billion has been committed in signed operations not yet disbursed, of which EUR 0.1 billion is expected to be at the EIB’s own risk;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets that the new ESSF includes no significant improvement in human rights protection or procedures to prevent human rights violations; calls for this to be addressed in the statement on human rights, especially concerning child and forced labour; is very concerned that in some cases, the EIB has continued to disburse loans despite clear human and workers' rights abuses;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is very concerned by the decline of transparency at the EIB: in 2010, 96.1 % of all projects were published three weeks before Board approval, falling to only 60 % in 2020; calls for more transparency and accountability, also towards EU institutions, in particular Parliament; calls for the timely publication of the minutes of the EIB’s Board of Directors;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Notes with concern the continued increase in administrative overheads, which is mainly due to the rise in staff related costs; calls on the EIB to exercise cost discipline and to preserve the flexibility and efficiency of its management structure;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Takes note of the new anti-fraud policy; is concerned about the opaque way in which it was adopted; asks the EIB to disclose annually the rate of recovery of funds lent in the event of proven fraud;
2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG