EU Ministers formally endorse EIB Group Strategic Roadmap and reaffirm its role as financing arm of the EU

EU Ministers formally endorse EIB Group Strategic Roadmap and reaffirm its role as financing arm of the EU

• EU Ministers, meeting as EIB Board of Governors, formally endorsed the EIB Group Strategic Roadmap laying out eight key priorities for the EU financing arm.
• Eight priorities include climate action, digitalisation and innovation, security and defence, cohesion, agriculture and bioeconomy, social infrastructure, impact investments outside the EU and contributing to reinforce Europe´s capital markets.
• Governors also initiated the process to change the EIB statute to enable the EIB Group to use its full potential to support the European economy, while preserving the Bank’s stellar credit rating, leverage and capital position.