Europese Investeringsbank steunt met lening van € 1,1 miljard Griekse economie (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Investeringsbank (EIB) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 28 februari 2007.

In 2006 the European Investment Bank Group, the banking group promoting European objectives, continued its activities aimed at modernising the economies of the Member States and of the countries close to the Union.

This was the first full year in which the new strategy decided by the EIB's Governors in June 2005 was implemented: a qualitative strategy based on investment and financial innovation.

This strategy consists of:

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    strengthening the leverage of the EIB's operations;
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    concentrating its financing within the Union on six European priorities;
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    fostering economic convergence between the Union and its partner countries.

In 2006, the European Investment Bank lent a total of EUR 45.8 billion for projects promoting the European Union's policy objectives. Finance for the then EU-25 Member States represented 87% of its activities and amounted to EUR 39.8 billion.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) - the EIB Group's specialised venture capital arm and SME guarantee provider - invested EUR 688 million in venture capital funds, bringing its aggregate portfolio to EUR 3.8 billion, and provided a total of EUR 2.2 billion in guarantees for SME loan portfolios of banks and financial institutions.

To fund its activities, the EIB raised an aggregate amount of EUR 48 billion on the international capital markets through 303 bond issues in 24 currencies.

For further information, please contact the Information and Communications Department, Helen Kavvadia, Senior Communications Officer, (tel.: +352 4379-3144, fax: +352 4379-3188, Internet address: http://www.eib.org) . For all matters relating to procurement, the promoter should be contacted directly.

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