Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

30.4.2025 A10-0068/1

Amendment 1

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5a. Calls on the EIB to improve its institutional transparency by publishing more detailed minutes of its Board of Directors’ meetings, including voting records and project-specific justifications, while respecting legitimate confidentiality where strictly necessary;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/2

Amendment 2

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

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Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Welcomes the fact that the EIB Group upholds a rigorous policy against tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering and terrorism financing;

8. Notes the EIB Group’s commitment to rigorously combating tax fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering and terrorism financing; calls for further strengthening of the transparency of final beneficiaries, monitoring mechanisms, and access to public information to ensure full accountability;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/3

Amendment 3

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

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Amendment

8a. Stresses that the EIB, as an EU body, should fully align its transparency practices with the standards set in Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011a on public access to documents; calls on the Bank to ensure proactive disclosure of documents relating to projects financed and decisions taken, with only limited and justified exceptions; reiterates the importance of real public access as a cornerstone of institutional accountability; _________________________

1a Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2001/1049/oj.

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/4

Amendment 4

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10a. Calls on the EIB Group to systematically disclose, where feasible and in compliance with data protection obligations, the final beneficiaries of its financing operations, particularly for projects supported under EU budgetary guarantees and mandates, to ensure public trust and oversight;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/5

Amendment 5

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12a. Calls for an independent, comprehensive audit of all risk-sharing instruments managed by the EIB Group, including those linked to the RRF, to ensure the highest standards of transparency, accountability and avoidance of double funding risks;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/6

Amendment 6

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Welcomes the significant role that the EIB Group plays in supporting the EU’s defence and security policy by providing funding and leveraging private investment to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy and resilience; stresses the importance of the EIB’s investment capabilities, supporting initiatives that contribute to strengthening the EU’s defence industry, advancing cybersecurity infrastructure and promoting innovation in critical defence technologies;

18. Acknowledges the EIB Group’s increased role in supporting the EU’s defence and security policy and dual-use technologies by providing funding and leveraging private investment to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy and resilience; stresses the importance of the EIB’s investment capabilities, supporting initiatives that contribute to strengthening the EU’s defence industry, advancing cybersecurity infrastructure and promoting innovation in critical defence technologies;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/7

Amendment 7

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Calls for the strengthening of technical assistance and financial expertise in support of local and regional authorities, especially in areas with low investment capacity, in order to improve access to EIB funding; believes that cooperation with local authorities, local governments and civil society representatives should foster the development of social housing suitable for all, and especially for the most vulnerable citizens of the concerned Member State; is aware that the effectiveness of the EIB’s action in the housing and social infrastructure sector also depends on the removal of policy and regulatory hurdles;

31. Calls for the strengthening of technical assistance and financial expertise in support of local and regional authorities, especially in areas with low investment capacity, in order to improve access to EIB funding; believes that cooperation with local authorities, local governments and civil society representatives should foster the development of social housing suitable for all, and especially for the most vulnerable; is aware that the effectiveness of the EIB’s action in the housing and social infrastructure sector also depends on the removal of policy and regulatory hurdles;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/8

Amendment 8

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 41 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

41a. Calls on the EIB Group to establish a Group-wide comprehensive and binding whistleblower protection policy in line with Directive (EU) 2019/19371a, ensuring secure reporting channels, protection against retaliation, and full follow-up mechanisms;

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1a Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1937/oj.

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/9

Amendment 9

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 47

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

47. Acknowledges the EIB’s strategic orientation since 2019 to be the EU Climate Bank; emphasises that in 2023 alone, the EIB signed EUR 41.8 billion in financing for climate action and EUR 25.1 billion for environmental sustainability (EUR 35.1 billion and EUR 15.9 billion respectively in 2022); notes that EIB financing for climate change adaptation totalled EUR 2.7 billion in 2023, corresponding to 6.4 % of its total climate action (compared to EUR 1.9 billion, or 5.4 %, in 2022); welcomes that climate action and environmental sustainability financing, as a whole, accounted for 60 % of EIB financing in 2023; calls for maintaining technological neutrality in its investment strategy in climate and sustainable financing;

47. Notes the EIB’s strategic orientation since 2019 to be the EU Climate Bank, but underlines the need for the EIB to close fossil fuel financing loopholes, accelerate full Paris alignment, and ensure that all climate action is consistent with the defined climate targets; emphasises that in 2023 alone, the EIB signed EUR 41.8 billion in financing for climate action and EUR 25.1 billion for environmental sustainability (EUR 35.1 billion and EUR 15.9 billion respectively in 2022); notes that EIB financing for climate change adaptation totalled EUR 2.7 billion in 2023, corresponding to 6.4 % of its total climate action (compared to EUR 1.9 billion, or 5.4 %, in 2022); welcomes that climate action and environmental sustainability financing, as a whole, accounted for 60 % of EIB financing in 2023; calls for maintaining technological neutrality in its investment strategy in climate and sustainable financing;

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30.4.2025 A10-0068/10

Amendment 10

Erik Marquardt

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0068/2025

Ondřej Knotek

Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

(2024/2052(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 48 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

48a. Calls on the EIB to complete the full phase out of financing to any new fossil fuel extraction, transport or infrastructure projects by no later than 2027, ensuring full alignment of its energy portfolio with the Paris Agreement objectives and the Union’s 2050 climate neutrality goal;

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