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"Mr President, as Mr Schmidt also pointed out, the initiative leading to Parliament’s resolution on the European Investment Bank’s annual report was taken by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, with Mr Lipietz as the original rapporteur. I think it necessary for the European Parliament to express an opinion about the EIB’s activities because the EIB is not only a Bank but also an EU institution that finances large projects and uses Community funds to steer development.
The EIB has been criticised for neglecting environmental issues, as well as the issues of openness and transparency. Mr Schmidt also mentioned that positive changes to the EIB’s policy have taken place recently in response to the criticism. I hope that the EIB will continue in the same spirit.
I want to congratulate the rapporteur on an excellent report that addresses important issues. It proposes, for example, that loans to the candidate countries should be increased and that evaluations should be made more easily accessible to the general public. A further proposal is that dialogue between the two sides of industry, politicians and non-governmental organisations etc. should be strengthened as aspects of openness and transparency.
The report could, however, have been more vigorous when it comes to environmental issues. The Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance has tabled six amendments that specifically address environmental issues and matters of transparency. A prerequisite for expressing our support for an increase in the EIB’s capital should be that the projects lead to sustainable development. Performance indicators must also be established so that the EIB’s activities can be measured and evaluated properly.
I am delighted that the rapporteur expressed his support for most of our amendments. In accordance with Mr Schmidt’s wishes, I also accept Amendment No 5 as a supplement to Paragraph 30.
It would, however, be unfortunate if Amendment No 2 were not to be adopted. If civil society is to be able to keep track of an issue, the documents must obviously be available in the national language. I call upon MEPs to vote in favour of this amendment."@en1
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