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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023
30.4.2025 A10-0068/13
Amendment 13
Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 28
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28. Emphasises that housing purchase and rental costs have surged significantly in recent years, reducing the affordability of many metropolitan areas in the EU and limiting access to housing; stresses that the EIB must play a stronger role in addressing the housing crisis; welcomes the inclusion of support for social infrastructure in the EIB Group’s eight strategic priorities for 2024-2027 and agrees that investments in energy-efficient, sustainable and accessible housing, and education within easy reach are crucial for boosting productivity and fostering strong and resilient societies; encourages the EIB to prioritise investments in housing cooperatives, energy-efficient social housing and renovation projects targeting low-income households; believes that addressing the EU’s major housing investment gaps requires overcoming both financial and non-financial investment barriers and the large-scale mobilisation of resources and capacities;
28. Emphasises that housing purchase and rental costs have surged significantly in recent years, reducing the affordability of many metropolitan areas in the EU and limiting access to housing; stresses that the EIB must play a stronger role in addressing the housing crisis; welcomes the inclusion of support for social infrastructure in the EIB Group’s eight strategic priorities for 2024-2027 and agrees that investments in energy-efficient, sustainable and accessible housing, and education within easy reach are crucial for boosting productivity and fostering strong and resilient societies; encourages the EIB to prioritise investments in housing cooperatives, energy-efficient social housing and renovation projects targeting low-income households; believes that addressing the EU’s major housing investment gaps requires overcoming both financial and non-financial investment barriers and the large-scale mobilisation of resources and capacities; recalls that housing and social policies are a national competence and emphasises that the EU should never seek to force house renovations on citizens;
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30.4.2025 A10-0068/14
Amendment 14
Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 85
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85. Is alarmed by the situation of Northvolt AB, a battery manufacturer considered pivotal in the green transition; stresses that Northvolt has benefited from a substantial EIB lending package of slightly over EUR 942.6 million as part of the debt financing to expand a gigafactory site; notes that Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March 2025; calls on the EIB to provide details about the evaluation and decision-making process to fund Northvolt AB and the causes that led to the failure of the project;
85. Is alarmed by the situation of Northvolt AB, a battery manufacturer considered pivotal in the green transition; stresses that Northvolt has benefited from a substantial EIB lending package of slightly over EUR 942.6 million as part of the debt financing to expand a gigafactory site; notes that Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March 2025; calls on the EIB to provide details about the evaluation and decision-making process to fund Northvolt AB and the causes that led to the failure of the project; calls for a full examination and evaluation of potential losses to taxpayers from green projects such as Northvolt; calls for an internal risk and conflict of interest assessment, including of senior EIB officials with political connections to certain green projects such as Northvolt, to be carried out without delay;
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30.4.2025 A10-0068/15
Amendment 15
Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 105 – point e a (new)
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(ea) the extent to which conditionality of EIB funding to third countries is based on full cooperation in criminal, judicial and administrative matters between the EU Member States’ national authorities and the countries concerned;
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30.4.2025 A10-0068/16
Amendment 16
Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Nicolas Bay, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 105 – point e b (new)
Motion for a resolution
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(eb) the steps it is taking to strengthen the checks on the business model of green projects to avoid funding failures such as in the Northvolt case;
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