Calling the EIB to account
Who does the EIB lend to?
Today we very rarely lend directly to central governments, though we did 20 years ago. The reason is obvious – they can finance themselves in the markets on similar and sometimes better terms.
Can the EIB monitor the money it lends through its global loans scheme effectively? Rapporteur Mónica Ridruejo queried this in her draft report to the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee (Emac).
The ultimate goal of global loans is to bring finance to both SMEs and municipalities. I mention both because in the draft report we were criticized for the fact that less than half our lending through global loans goes to SMEs. That shouldn't be a surprise.
Another controversy surrounds the position of EIB directors who are involved with the commercial banks that administer the EIB's global loans. How are you addressing this?...
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