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"Thank you Mr President, for as a newcomer to the Committee on Budgets, this is my first speech in this capacity. First of all, I would like to praise the European Investment Bank’s activity. In the course of 2005 they made more than 50% of their own loans accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises, which employ two thirds of the European labour force. I hope the JEREMIE programme, which has recently become operational, will reach its goal, namely, easier credit for micro, small and medium enterprises.
Similarly, the JASPERS programme will be of great assistance to Member States in the preparation of major projects. Of the three JASPERS regions covering the twelve new Member States, only the Warsaw centre has been inaugurated. Hopefully, the other two regions will also soon be activated, but I still cannot understand what the second region’s centre is doing in Vienna which is not even part of the programme, instead of choosing cities perfectly suitable for the tasks and concerned by the region’s activity, such as Budapest, Prague or Bratislava.
In the matter of harmonising industrial objectives with environmental ones, Europe is not doing badly, though there is still work to do. In and of itself, one could even rejoice in the fact that 30-35% of bank loans were invested in projects targeting improvements in natural and built-up environments. However, 60% of these loans ended up in urban projects while only 20% remained for improving energy efficiency.
In order to eliminate differences at Member State levels in the field of energy, the cooperation of the banking group is indispensable. Let me cite my own country, Hungary, as an example: according to the findings of Eurostat, of all the Central and Eastern European countries, the Hungarian State spends the least on energy saving and energy efficiency measures. Until 2013, a mere 10 billion Forints, as compared to the magnitude of 100 billion for gas-price subsidies. So we still have things to do together to improve the situation. Finally, I congratulate the rapporteur."@en1
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