5 Amendments of Iuliu WINKLER related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that persistent problems such as financial barriers result in a lack of investment within the EU and the urgent need to mobilise investment in order to boost the real economy; welcomes, in this regard, the proposal for an Investment Plan for Europe and the new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) through its contribution to the relaunch of private investments; recalls that there is a need to ensure consistency and complementarity between the EFSI and other EU policies and instruments, in particular the ESI Funds;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the EIB Operational Plan for 2015-2017; welcomes the fact that it recognises that speeds of recovery differ between the Member States and that it has set economic and social cohesion as a cross-cutting policy goal; calls on the EIB to consider measures aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs by facilitating financing after the first failure, as well as support measures for developing business;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers administrative burdens and a lack of administrative capacity a serious obstacle to successfully achieving cohesion policy goals; stresses the importance of the EIB’s advisory role and recognises the efforts undertaken in this context; welcomes the partnership between the Commission and the EIB in setting up the fi-compass advisory platform; calls on the EIB to provide the Commission and the Member States with a set of suggestions regarding administrative streamlining and capacity-building, given its acquired experience with public funding;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EIB to increase its support to projects covered by the EU macro- regional strategy; stresses the importance of continuing to support the traditional economic sectors in the EU, such as agriculture, shipbuilding and tourism, the interconnection of Europe by means of support for the development of regional airports and intermodal transport; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of financial and investment platforms in order to enable the bundling of funds from various sources and the mobilisation of investments needed for such macro- regional projects;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the results-oriented approach for cohesion policy for the 2014- 2020 programming period; calls for more information, within the context of EIB annual reporting, on the results and the contribution of EIB activities to cohesion policy objectives; calls, in this context, on the Commission and the Member States to make full use of the possibilities afforded by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 to increase the use of the financial instruments, where appropriate, for the period up to 2020 and calls on the EIB to further promote its instruments and the beneficiaries' good practice, in order to enhance their attractiveness;