5 Amendments of Burkhard BALZ related to 2010/2248(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 16 June 2010 on EU 20203, __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0223
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WPoints out the importance of SMEs to the European economy and therefore welcomes the increase in the amounts lent to SMEs between 2008 and 2011, to an annual average of EUR 7.5 billion, as well as the setting-up of the European Progress Microfinance Facility in March 2010 with EUR 200 million of funding from the Commission and the Bank; calls, however, for more qualitative measures in order to increase the value added by EIB intervention in this field;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points to the fact that the EIB is financing itself by successfully issuing common bonds backed by all EU Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the idea of ‘project bonds’ aimed at enhancing the credit rating of bonds issued by companies themselves within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy; believes that such project bond issuance would impact positively on the availability of capital for growth- and job- enhancing sustainable investmentsinvestments; points however out that increased public demand alone can not stimulate the economy in the long run;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission and the EIB therefore to present concrete proposalsassess the possibility to create ‘project bonds’; stresses that Parliament must be fully involved in establishing such instruments and asks for thought to be given to the use of the EU budget in the next multiannual financial framework as first loss capped risk buffer, with the EIB as subordinate financer;