EU Finance Ministers set in motion Action Plan to further step-up European Investment Bank support for 🇪🇺 security & defence industry. This includes an update to the definition of dual-use projects & extending EIB's credit lines to SMEs & innovative startups in this sector eib.org/en/press/all/2…

No news is bad news via Financial Times
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🇨🇾🇪🇺 Proud that European Investment Bank Group invested a total of €257 in Cyprus last year surpassing its previous results. European Investment Bank support is vital to help steer the country toward #smart , #digital and #green investments, while preserving water and energy supplies more efficiently💧🌱

The EIB Group is investing in Europe's future.
Our priorities target key challenges, in full alignment with European policies.
I look forward to working with European Parliament & European Commission to strengthen our ability to respond to citizens' expectations.

Nadia Calviño in Strasbourg

In the margins of the informal #ECOFIN meeting, President Nadia Calviño will hold a press conference laying out the strategy of the EIB Group.

🗓️23/02/2024
⏲️2PM

Watch the livestream here➡️bit.ly/3OMXFaM

#StayTuned

Aleksey Navalny was a fearless advocate for his beliefs who died unbroken by the tyranny he opposed. He fought corruption, inspired millions and never wavered in his insistence on free expression, the rule of law, and a Russia that is accountable to the people and not a dictator.

Our Board of Directors meeting approved €3.2bn of new clean energy, transport & business innovation financing to boost the energy transition, support business investment & enhance sustainable transport with projects across Europe, Africa & Latin America
👉bit.ly/3uyGAKR

🇭🇷🇪🇺A new €400m loan agreement to modernise and expand the railway network in #Croatia , making travelling greener and more efficient. This project will boost #SustainableTransport , reducing traffic congestion, air pollution & greenhouse gas emissions.
🚄bit.ly/3HJnapH

Peak oil is coming sooner than we think. Not because we are running out of oil supply, but because we are running out of oil demand.

In Germany together with ILB_wirfoerdern we support the region of Lusatia's lignite phase-out and its social and green transformation with €150 million investing in:
🟢Renewable energy
🟢Public transport
🟢Reskilling
🟢Municipal development
🟢Health.

🔗bit.ly/3ShtMAC

“Clean-energy sectors, as a result, were the largest driver of China’ economic growth overall, accounting for 40% of the expansion of GDP in 2023.
Without the growth from clean-energy sectors, China’s GDP would have missed the government’s growth target” carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean…

#CleanEnergy is the future.

In 2023 alone, projects we supported produced enough power to support the entire residential consumption of Sweden.

Next stop? All of Europe.

More about #OurImpact in 2023👉bit.ly/OurImpact23

#InternationalDayofCleanEnergy

We are pleased to announce Robert de Groot has been appointed to the EIB Management Committee following a decision by the Bank’s shareholders, the EU Member States.

Vice-President de Groot will start on 1 February, succeeding Belgian VP Kris Peeters.

👉bit.ly/48Xb1Jy

This was #OurImpact in 2023👇

The EIB Group invested €88 billion in over 900 high-impact projects driving European competitiveness, stability & climate leadership.
✅Record €49bn in green finance
✅More than €21 billion invested in energy security.

👉bit.ly/OurImpact2023pr

🔴 #LIVE now:

President Nadia Calviño presents the results of the EIB Group activity in 2023 and highlights #OurImpact in the European Union and around the world.

Watch the livestream from the #InvestEU event in Brussels⤵️
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

We will release European Investment Bank's annual results for 2023 later today. I think we can already disclose that our financing for fossil fuel projects was stable y/y at 0 (zero).
The world would be a better place if all banks did the same.
For the rest, stay tuned: eib.org/en/events/inve…

Steel, made in Europe, with nearly zero emissions.

Constructive meeting with Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis 🇪🇺🇬🇷 on our common priorities.

We discussed how to reinforce effectiveness of European Investment Bank Group operations in Greece to deliver concrete benefits, boosting #greentransition as well as economic & social cohesion.

‼️ Excellent news for Europe’s #GreenTransition and competitiveness!

The European Investment Bank Group, together with European Commission & Swedish government, will finance the expansion of the EU’s pioneer circular battery factory, key for the electric car industry.

#InvestEU
#BatteryAlliance

The EIB Group (EIB+European Investment Fund) is delivering on security and defense:
➡️At the EIB, through the Strategic European Security Initiative
➡️At the EIF through a new Defense Equity Facility just signed today
More information⤵️