9. EIB and EBRD annual reports for 2007 - Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report: on 2007 Annual Reports of the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [2008/2155(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0135/2009)

Report: on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and loan guarantees for projects outside the Community [COM(2008)0910 - C6-0025/2009 - 2008/0268(COD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Esko Seppänen (A6-0109/2009)

Esko Seppänen and Gay Mitchell introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Gabriele Stauner (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee), Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konstantinos Droutsas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Paulo Casaca and Margarita Starkevičiūtė.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jean-Pierre Audy and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

Thomas Mirow (President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Adam BIELAN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Philippe Maystadt (President of the European Investment Bank), Joaquín Almunia, Gay Mitchell and Esko Seppänen.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 25.03.2009, item 3.19 and minutes of 25.03.2009, item 3.2.