Activities of Dariusz ROSATI related to 2014/2156(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Investment Bank annual report 2013 (debate) PL
Amendments (10)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is deeply concerned at the current situation of economic stalling in the EU, and in particular the significant decline in public and private investment– around 18 % belowNotes that economic recovery in the EU has considerably slowed down in the course of 2014 with a prospect to catch up again in 2015 and even more in 2016 ; notes that since the peak of the crisis in 2007 the levels – and by the staggering 35 % drop in lending to SMEs between 2008 and 2013 of investment has fallen by about EUR 430 billion ; underlines that such a decline represents a massive hurdle for a sustainable recovery as well as for genuine progress towards the EU 2020 objectives;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note in that context of the establishment of a Task Force, led by the Commission and the European Investment Bank, with a view to identifying concrete actions to boost investment, including a pipeline of potentially viable projects of European relevance to be realised in the short and medium term; emphasises that this Task Force should explicitly identify hurdles and remedies for increasing investments and actively seek the involvement of Parliament, social partners and CSOs;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that the evaluation to be carried out by the Commission in December 2014 take into account the negative impact of some projects in the PBI Pilot Phase; considers it regrettable that the EIB is supporting unviable and unsustainable infrastructure projects which are neither climate-friendly nor address the needs and interests of the population they are intended to serve;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls, therefore, for a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot projects on the basis of an inclusive and open consultation process; also calls on the Commission to submit, via the ordinary legislative procedure, a legislative proposal which will better frame the future project bond strategy, including an enhancement of the EIB performance indicators framework for quality investment, so as to identify and measure both the impact of the funded projects in terms of external costs and their social and environmental returns;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EIB’s first steps towards a shift to renewable energy and the reduction of lending to the coal sector; calls for the rectification of regional imbalances in renewable energy lending and for more attention to be paid in the future to smaller- scale, off-grid decentralised renewable energy projects involving citizens and communities;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the EIB to improve the independence and effectiveness of its Complaint Mechanism Office; calls on the EIB Management Committee to take on board the recommendations of that office; calls on the EIB to act on the opinions of the European Ombudsman and to practise greater cooperation in order to avoid situations like the inquiry into complaint 178/2014/AN against the European Investment Bank9 ; __________________ 9 Decision of the European Ombudsman closing the inquiry into complaint 178/2014/AN against the European Investment Bank - http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/de cision.faces/en/58171/html.bookmark
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that the external policy of the EIB, and in particular the regional technical operational guidelines, should be consistent with the external action goals of the UE as defined in Article 21 TEU; calls for full respect of the legislation, and in particular the environmental and social standards, of the beneficiary countries;