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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
22.4.2026 A10-0086/3
Amendment 3
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A. whereas the EIB Group consists of the EIB – the world’s largest multilateral financial institution, wholly owned by EU Member States – and the European Investment Fund (EIF); whereas the activities of a public bank should be to tackle clear market failures and investment gaps where private finance is lacking;
A. whereas the EIB Group consists of the EIB – the world’s largest multilateral financial institution, wholly owned by EU Member States – and the European Investment Fund (EIF); whereas the EIB Group’s core mission is to support the EU’s policy objectives as laid down in the Treaties, including sustainable development, economic, social and territorial cohesion and the transition to climate neutrality; whereas EIB interventions should address genuine market failures and investment gaps and deliver demonstrable additionality and value for money;
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22.4.2026 A10-0086/4
Amendment 4
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
Da. whereas the EIB should apply the highest standards of risk management, transparency and accountability, including systematic public disclosure of the methodologies used for additionality assessment, credit risk rating and climate impact measurement; whereas robust safeguards are necessary to prevent moral hazard, particularly in operations backed by EU budget guarantees and in large strategic projects;
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22.4.2026 A10-0086/5
Amendment 5
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
7. Calls on the EIB to evaluate all low-carbon projects, including nuclear, against objective and transparent criteria, including life-cycle carbon intensity, grid stability and cost-effectiveness, applying technological neutrality while focusing on strategic cross-border projects to increase the EU added value; notes that the EIB invested over EUR 27 billion in the energy transition and in energy security in 2024, including renewables, grids and storage; calls on the EIB to prioritise energy efficiency and cost-efficiency, while fully respecting Member States’ sovereign right to determine their energy mix;
7. Calls on the EIB to ensure that all its energy financing is consistent with the Paris Agreement and the EIB Climate Bank Roadmap; calls on the EIB to evaluate all low-carbon projects against objective and transparent criteria, including life-cycle carbon intensity, grid stability, cost-effectiveness and avoidance of lock-in and stranded-asset risks; notes that the EIB invested over EUR 27 billion in the energy transition and in energy security in 2024, including renewables, grids and storage; calls on the EIB to prioritise energy efficiency, demand reduction, grids, storage and renewables, while fully respecting Member States’ sovereign right to determine their energy mix;
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22.4.2026 A10-0086/6
Amendment 6
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
30. Insists that the level of lending outside the EU be subject to robust safeguards on transparency, anti-fraud protections, sanctions compliance, human rights and the rule of law, and that it take into account cooperation on return agreements and remain consistent with the EU’s external policy objectives; calls for strengthened ex ante and ex post controls, including traceability of final beneficiaries, and for robust anti-corruption measures, greater or equivalent transparency, ex ante impact assessments and full public accountability in all EIB operations outside the EU;
30. Insists that the level of lending outside the EU be subject to robust safeguards on transparency, anti-fraud protections, sanctions compliance, human rights and the rule of law, and remain consistent with the EU’s external policy objectives, including sustainable development, poverty reduction and climate resilience; calls for strengthened ex ante and ex post controls, including traceability of final beneficiaries, and for robust anti-corruption measures, greater or equivalent transparency, ex ante impact assessments and full public accountability in all EIB operations outside the EU;
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22.4.2026 A10-0086/7
Amendment 7
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
30a. Insists that the EIB Group systematically conduct independent ex ante human rights impact assessments for all projects outside the EU, with meaningful consultation of local communities, civil society actors and human rights defenders; calls for these assessments to be made publicly available prior to project approval, and for projects outside the EU to be subject to transparency, environmental, social and human rights standards equivalent to those applied within the EU, without any double standards in environmental, social and governance and human rights safeguards;
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22.4.2026 A10-0086/8
Amendment 8
Erik Marquardt
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Report A10-0086/2026
Dick Erixon
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
(2025/2237(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
N. whereas the EIB plays a key role in advancing the Union’s external objectives through its lending activities in non-EU countries, including through EIB Global, launched in 2022, which is to be aligned with the EU’s policies and priorities around the world; whereas effective cooperation with partner countries on migration management, including readmission and return of migrants who have no legal right to stay in the Union, is a relevant consideration in the context of the EU’s external lending framework;
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