Activities of Angelika WINZIG related to 2022/2062(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2022 (joint debate - European Investment Bank)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its call for a capital increase andto enable more long-term loans and innovative instruments to finance projects with great potential for innovation gains in European key policy areas like digitalisation and the green transformation; welcomes that the EIB supported 430 000 SMEs with more than 16 billion euro; however calls on the EIB to provide additional growth capital to enable SMEs to scale up their operations; stresses that the European Investment Bank (EIB) must maintain its ‘AAA’ rating and retain the confidence of the capital markets;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the financial assistance provided to Ukraine, including the 1.72 billion euros of repurposed loans to Ukraine in response to Russia's war;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Awaits the review of the Climate Bank Roadmap ahead of COP28; expects full alignment with the 1.5 degree pathway, including the exclusion of blue hydrogen infrastructure and road and highway financing, and the requirement to conduct a solid assessment of less carbon-intensive alternatives ands well as ‘Scope 3’ emissions;
Amendment 33 #
5. ReiterateWelcomes the Paris Alignment of counterparties and expects its cafull to work only with clients and financial intermediaries that have credible decarbonisation plans; opposes the exemptions granted under the Paris Alignment for Counterparties (PATH) framework in support of REPowerEU; calls for a halt toimplementation; 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; stresses that such new requirements must not be to the detriment of access to finance for SMEs; welcomes the EIB's response to the emergency energy situation in the EU by adapting the Paris Alignment for Counterparties (PATH) framework in order to be able to speed up the green transition and to end Europe's dependencies on fossil -fuel financings imports, including from Russia;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the EIB's contribution1ato support the REPowerEU Plan with an additional 30 billion euros in loans and equity financing for projects in the area of renewables, energy efficiency, grids and storage, electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, and breakthrough technologies over the next five years; _________________ 1a https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2022- 450-eib-boosts-clean-energy-financing-in- support-of-repowereu-plan
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concernedTakes note that the transparency and harm prevention of EIB intermediated investments have fallen behind other public financial institutions, rating onlywere rated fair on the 2022 Aid Transparency Index3; recalls thaton the EIB’s 2021Transparency Policy runs counter to the presumption of disclosure; urges the EIB to swiftly to work on the identified areas for implrovement the European Ombudsman’s recommendations of 21 April 20224.in that matter; recalls that the EIB Group'sTransparency Policy is fully based on EU legislation; _________________ 3 Publish What You Fund, 2022 Aid Transparency Index, 2022. 4 Decisions of the European Ombudsman of 21 April 2022 in Cases 1065/2020/PB, 1251/2020/PB and 1252/2020/PB.