3 Amendments of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2017/2190(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EIB to take into account, in the case of large-scale infrastructure projects, all risks likely to have an impact on the environment and to finance onlas a priority those which have demonstrated real added value for the environment, the economy andor the local population; stresses the importance of strict monitoring of possible risks of corruption and fraud and asks the EIB to freeze any loans to projects where an official investigation is underway;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to optimise the use of EU funds and grants, in addition to the EIB’s approach to delivering technical assistance and financial advice to Member States in an easily accessible manner, based on a combination of lending (project loans, intermediated loans, microfinance, venture capital, equity and fund investment), blending (direct financing supported by additional sources of investment, e.g. guarantees, project bonds) and advice (financial and technical expertise); calls on the EIB therefore, in cooperation with the Commission, to provide more technical assistance in the fields of advisory and analytical services, project management and capacity-building to those Member States which receive a low share of EIB financing; recalls that financial instruments, such as project bonds, should be seriously assessed with regard to their financial, social and environmental impact, in order to prevent the entire burden of risk being shifted to the public; in this context, recalls with regret the role played by the EIB and the Commission in the Castor project, involving a risk assessment which did not take account of the risk of increased seismic activity associated with the injection of gas, despite the existence of studies clearly warning of the potential danger, as has occurred in some instances;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Stresses the importance of the goals set by COP 21 with regard to transport in combating climate change; expresses its concern that transport represents almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is the main cause of air pollution in cities, while emissions in this sector remain higher than in 1990; notes with concern that in the period 2014-2016 the EIB funded fossil energy projects in Member States amounting to a total of EUR 5.3 billion, namely two petroleum projects, one carbon project and 27 gas- related projects, in addition to EUR 976 million through the external guarantee to fund six non-EU projects, one of which concerned carbon and five fossil gas projects; underlines that financing should favour a shift from road transport to more sustainable forms of transport;