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Euro Parliament vote sends positive signal for greening the EU budget

11 October, 2012

Brussels, Belgium — Today’s voting by the European Parliament Budget Committee in favour of at least 20 percent of the future EU budget for 2014-20 going to address climate change, was welcomed by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe.

Environmentalists, get your keyboards ready: The European Investment Bank asks for inputs on its energy policy

11 October, 2012

With annually more than ten billion euros of investments in the energy sector, the EIB can have a tremendous influence on our energy future. If we want the bank to help us “get it right”, the time for providing inputs is now.

EU budget negotiations: a zero-sum game?

3 October, 2012

The seven-year EU budget could unlock investment and jobs, but only if the shadow-boxing around the negotiating table ends now.

European public banks must improve transparency

1 October, 2012

Brussels – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) score low on transparency according to the ‘2012 Aid Transparency Index’ [1] published today by the campaign group ‘Publish What You Fund’.

Trust us, we’re euphoric – Private equity and a tax haven part of the EBRD’s first post-Arab Spring swoop

26 September, 2012

For its first loan to ‘Arab Spring’ countries the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has chosen vehicles and partners whose ability to deliver developmental value is highly uncertain.

Euro Parliament vote sends positive signal for greening the EU budget

Environmentalists, get your keyboards ready: The European Investment Bank asks for inputs on its energy policy

EU budget negotiations: a zero-sum game?

European public banks must improve transparency

Trust us, we’re euphoric – Private equity and a tax haven part of the EBRD’s first post-Arab Spring swoop

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