14 Amendments of Hélène LAPORTE related to 2021/2203(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the fact that sustaining microenterprises, SMEs and mid-caps must remain a key objective for the EIB; reiterates, moreover, that the EIB should further strengthen its support for microenterprises, especially in times of severe crisis, including through cooperation with National Support Banks and local banking networks;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the new Cohesion Orientation, which commits to increasing EIB lending activities to 45 % of total EU- 27 lending in cohesion regions by 2025 and to 23 % in least developed regions; calls on the EIB to pay particular attention to island territories which, owing to their remoteness, require additional support;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the EIB’s climate adaptation plan and the commitment to grow the share of spending on climate action for adaptation to 15 % of the overall climate target by 2025;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. ExpressesTakes note, in view of the upcoming review of the energy lending policy, its full support forof the statement of President Hoyer: ‘We believe that we have a mission to concentrate on sustainability and achieving the Paris goals with the means of a long- term investor institution.[...] Therefore I don’t see a change in our energy lending policy’; calls for the EIB to retain the possibility to apply stricter criteria than the EU taxonomy and finance fossil-free energy only, and in particular to exclude financing for so- called low-carbon gas, especially for district heating, grey or blue hydrogen and forest biomassemphasises, however, that climate ambitions should not call into question the need to achieve an adequate level of energy security, at this time more important than ever for being able to achieve a fast and stable independence of European countries from the Russian Federation;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
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;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
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;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
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;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Expects thorough monitoring that fully takes into account concerns expressed by relevant parties and stakeholders, in particular for human rights and rule of law violations;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. WelcomNotes the working arrangement with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and calls for its full and diligent implementation, in particular as regards reporting;