2 Amendments of Victor BOŞTINARU related to 2016/2064(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the initial results of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to mobilise private investments, but underlines that the current situation is well below expectations and that given that EFSI investments are very uneven across Member States a proper geographical balance should be ensured; recalls that the EFSI must also contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion and that efforts are needed to enhance synergies and complementarity between the EFSI and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs); underlines the importance of ensuring additionality of the EFSI with respect to other EIB initiatives and EU- funded programs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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2. Welcomes the publication of the Commission’s new guidelines of 22 of February 2016 on combining ESIFs and the EFSI; takes note, however, that the number of existing synergies between EFSI and ESIFs funds is still extremely low and calls on the Commission, the EIB, the national promotional banks and institutions (NPBI) and the managing authorities to accelerate the design and implementation of further synergies; emphasizes that the ESIFs are and must continue to be the key and essential EU investment policy aiming at developing all regions of the European Union with a special focus on the less developed ones in order to reduce gaps, and that synergies between the ESIFs and EFSI are extremely important to better serve the objectives of the ESIFs;