13 Amendments of Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ related to 2019/2126(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Considers that the EIB should maintain its leading role in the establishment of EU financing mechanisms for third countries and specifically developing countries, while ensuring that the interests of local entrepreneurs who wish to establish local companies, often small companies primarily aimed at contributing to the local economy, are given priority in EIB lending decisions;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the EIB and the European Investment Fund to increase their investment in breakthrough innovations in order to bring out and promote European companies working on the subject, while having recourse to ringfencing measures to limit exposures to these risks;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Underlines the important role played by the EIB, which, as the Union's bank, is the only international financial institution fully owned by the Union's Member States and guided by its policies and standards;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Requests the EIB to strengthen its advisory activities and, in collaboration with the Commission, Member States and official national financial institutions, to address systemic weaknesses that prevent some regions or countries from taking full advantage of its financial activities;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Notes that the capital increase coming from the increased contributions by Romania and Poland compensates only marginally the reduction in the capital of the EIB due to the departure of the United Kingdom; underlines that to preserve the EIB’s ability to achieve its policy objectives, the aforementioned capital shortfall should be fully compensated;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Stresses that the EIB must pay particular attention to financing in the innovation and infrastructure sectors, where the investment gap is particularly high;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Notes that almost one third of the EIB's financing is denominated in US dollars, which exposes the EIB to possible sanctions from the United States; calls on the EIB to start phasing out its dollar- denominated financing;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5 i. Invites the EIB to work with small market players and community cooperatives to consolidate small renewable energy projects and thus enable them to meet the conditions for EIB financing;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5 k. Stresses the need to speed up work on the establishment of a capital markets union, which would allow the EIB to focus on gaps that need to be filled in the event of market failures or to provide financing for high-risk projects;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Paragraph 5 l (new)
5 l. Calls on the EIB to step up its communication efforts; considers it essential that it engage in dialogue with EU citizens in order to better explain the objectives of its policies and thus provide a concrete example of the Union's contribution to the daily lives of its citizens;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 m (new)
Paragraph 5 m (new)
5 m. Wishes that a person appointed by Parliament may sit as an observer member on the EIB's Board of Directors in order to ensure a better transmission of information and needs between these two institutions;