Changes between two versions
What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 17 Mar 2025
on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024
To · plenary report· 17 Jun 2025
on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024
AI:What changed, in short
The report expands its scope, adding detailed recitals on EIB Group structure, investment figures, and external reports like Draghi and Letta.123 It strengthens calls for the EIB to address the investment gap, with specific figures and requests for mandates and capital increase.45 New paragraphs cover geographical balance, simplification, SME support, defence financing, and social infrastructure, including housing.6789 The report adds sections on Global Gateway, transparency, and accountability, with calls for interinstitutional agreement and human rights due diligence.15161718 The other changes are formal and wording: renumbering, rephrasing, and updating the explanatory statement.192021
16 changes of substance · 0 formal · 5 of wording only
Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem
+105 added · −41 removed · 18 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 5 of 6: Paragraphs 182–190
Removed:27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.
Added:64. Underlines the importance of the EIB Group’s upholding the highest standards in preventing all forms of fraud, tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering and the financing of terrorism; notes that safeguarding the integrity of the EIB Group’s financing is essential to ensure public trust and the effective use of resources; takes note of the inquiries completed by the European Ombudsman and ongoing investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the European Anti-Fraud Office, and expects full clarity and appropriate follow-up, including any necessary consequences;
Added:65. Reiterates its call for the EIB to consider aligning the division of labour within the Management Committee with recommendations from EU institutions, to help mitigate potential conflicts of interest;
Added:66. Welcomes the 2024 framework for the recognition of trade unions at the European Investment Bank;
Added:67. Welcomes the EIB’s principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, including the target of at least 40 % of management positions being held by women by the end of 2026; calls for a geographically balanced representation of EU nationalities among staff;
Added:68. Highlights the need to strengthen the EIB’s human rights policies, including the establishment of a clear and effective human rights due diligence framework and strategy; stresses that environmental and social impact assessments should be carried out by independent experts, and that independent verification mechanisms should be introduced to oversee the self-monitoring and self-reporting conducted by EIB clients;
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Added:69. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the European Investment Bank.