15 Amendments of Gilles BOYER related to 2021/2235(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the EIB is bound by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and that human rights principles are integrated into its due diligence procedures and standards, including publicly available ex-ante assessments;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the EIB plays an important role outside the EU through its external lending activities as the biggest multilateral financial institution in the world;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the net profit of EUR 1.7 billion reported by the EIB for 2020, in comparison to EUR 2.4 billion in 2019 ;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with appreciation that despite the general context of uncertainty in the global financial markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EIB continues to maintain a robust liquidity position; Underlines the Bank’s total liquidity ratio remains well within internal limits, covering 78.1% of projected net cash outflows (compared to 88.6% in 2019).
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the EIB to prioritise through its lending activities in social, green and sustainable projects, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Call on the EIB to play an active role in supporting projects that contribute to a just transition, such as research, innovation and digitalisation, SMEs’ access to finance, and social investment and skills; Reiterates its calls for the EIB to provide targeted financing for just transition initiatives as a matter of priority, while taking into account the additionality that EIB financing can provide in combination with other sources; stresses, moreover, that coordination with other financing instruments is crucial given that the EIB alone cannot finance all of the initiatives;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Notes that in the present difficult context ( an ongoing pandemic and the Russian aggression against Ukraine), the gap between economic situations and capacities of the Member States has deepened and underlines the importance to ensure that most affected regions and countries will adjust to the new circumstances so that no one is left behind;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the EIB to continue to prioritise investments in the health infrastructure, personnel training and in the quality of the health services, in order to reduce inequalities between countries;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. HighlightWelcomes the EIB’s role in the success of the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the signature in June 2020 of a EUR 100 million loan facility, making it the first financial investor to back BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine programme;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines that the EIB, at the same time, offered support to global programmes to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, especially in the developing world;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of technical assistance for and the financial expertise of local and regional authorities, especially in regions with low investment capacity, and for projects of common interest to several Member States which are of such a size or nature that they cannot be entirely financed by the various means available in the individual Member States, before project approval, in order to improve accessibility to EIB funding; invites the EIB Group to intensify cooperation with national promotional banks and institutions;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the process of updating the EIB Group’s environmental and social policy started in 2020 and has led to the approval in February 2022 of the new Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework; welcomes the revised EIB environmental and social standards included in the Framework, especially those related to labour rights, biodiversity and environmental protection; regrets, however, the lack of a specific tool on human rights due diligence; regrets furthermore that the EIB or its intermediaries are not required to disclose details of actual environmental and social risks or impacts linked to operations carried out through partners; stresses that any new requirements should not create more bureaucracy for SMEs;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the EIB to develop a specific human rights strategy and an action plan for its implementation; calls on the EIB to align its financing strategy with the levels of ambition and commitment to common values and objectives shown by the partner countries;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Regrets that the EIB still does not fully disclose the details of the beneficial ownership of its clients; reiterates its calls for enhanced transparency regarding the EIB’s operations through financial intermediaries such as commercial banks and investment funds and for the definition of standard reporting obligations that can provide an adequate level of data and information; asks the EIB to use the available tools and to implement the standards promoted by the 5th AML Directive to make such data accessible; invites the EIB to explore the feasibility of working arrangements and memoranda with the relevant partners to make relevant information available and to eliminate the risk of opacity in the relevant procedures; Asks the EIB to ensure a full cooperation with the future Authority for Anti- Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59 a. Reiterates its call to the EIB to establish a proper representation within its secretariat of nationals from all Member States, while at the same time respecting the competencies and merits of the candidates; calls on the EIB to publish annually a gender and nationality breakdown of middle and senior management position;