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The study developed herein aims to address the concerns raised as to the field of retail investments. It aims at analysing market practices and the applicable legislative landscape in order to identify room for improvement and, ultimately, propose potential solutions to foster retail investor protection and participation in financial markets. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the Committee on Economic and ...

Durante el período parcial de sesiones de julio, el Parlamento examinará el informe de la Comisión de Control Presupuestario sobre el control de las actividades financieras del Banco Europeo de Inversiones (BEI) en 2019. El informe destaca el papel del Banco en la financiación del Pacto Verde Europeo y su transición gradual hacia el «Banco Climático de la Unión». También examina la ejecución del Fondo Europeo para Inversiones Estratégicas (FEIE) y las operaciones exteriores del Banco, entre otras ...

Since its launch in November 2014, the Investment Plan for Europe (IPE) has had considerable success in mobilising private investment across Europe. Despite its success, investment levels in Europe remain below pre-crisis levels. There is therefore a need to provide for an extended EU investment programme under the new multiannual financial framework (MFF), which caters for multiple objectives in terms of simplification, flexibility, synergies and coherence across relevant EU policies. The InvestEU ...

Durante el período parcial de sesiones de julio, está previsto que el Parlamento vote el informe de 2019 sobre las actividades financieras del Banco Europeo de Inversiones, elaborado por la Comisión de Presupuestos. Entre otras cosas, el informe destaca la necesidad de que el banco se centre más en el clima, la digitalización y una transición justa; que invierta en mayor medida en la UE y fuera de ella; que preste un apoyo constante a las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) y a las empresas de mediana ...

Energy policy is a competence shared between the EU and its Member States. Whereas the EU has responsibility under the Treaties to ensure security of supply, Member States are responsible for determining the structure of their energy supply and their choice of energy sources. EU legislation on security of supply focuses on natural gas and electricity markets, and is closely related to other EU objectives: consolidating a single energy market, improving energy efficiency, and promoting renewable energy ...

Created after the start of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) aims to trigger additional investment worth €500 billion in crucial sectors of the EU's economy that suffer from market failures and sub-optimal investment situations. Another major objective is to improve access to finance for European companies, with a special focus on smaller businesses. The functioning of EFSI relies on a strategic partnership with the European Investment ...

When will the EU’s single market be complete? See how the Heads of State or Government pushed for the completion of the single market, digital single market and capital markets union.

The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), one element of the ‘Juncker Plan’, was proposed in 2015 with the aim of covering part of the investment gap that occurred as a consequence of the global financial and European sovereign debt crises. In the absence of adequate public investment, the plan would mobilise private investment in specific areas through the use of first-loss guarantees provided from the EU budget. It was estimated that, through the provision of €21 billion in guarantees ...

The highlights of the October II plenary session were the debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting on 17 and 18 October 2018 and the presentation of the European Commission’s 2019 work programme, the last of the current legislature. Parliament also held debates on the use of Facebook users' data by Cambridge Analytica and its impact on data protection, and the Cum-Ex trading scandal. The series of debates on the Future of Europe continued, this time with Klaus Iohannis, President ...

The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is backed by a guarantee from the EU budget to stimulate investment across the Union. The regulation governing EFSI sets out that the European Parliament, which is one arm of the EU budgetary authority, has to approve the appointments of the managing director and deputy managing director of EFSI. Parliament’s Committees on Budgets and on Economic and Monetary Affairs jointly recommend approving the re-appointment of the current managing director ...