Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2213(INI)
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 7 July 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 13 November 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 11 June 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 7 July 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
7 July 2026 · decision 10
EU budget & funds, Resolution
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025
Adopted 316 for · 281 against · 39 abstained by a small majority
AI summary:The report welcomes the EIB's strategic roadmap for 2024-2027 and calls for greater investment in competitiveness, defence, and other EU priorities.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Adds calls for technology-neutral energy financing criteria, including nuclear, and for reviewing ESG reporting requirements to ensure proportionality. Adds calls to enable EIB financing of weapons and ammunition and to consider migration cooperation in external lending. Adds a call for external prudential oversight arrangements for the EIB. The other changes are formal: updated citations to regulations.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report expands significantly, adding many new paragraphs on defence, competitiveness, critical raw materials, and accountability. It strengthens calls for EIB support to EU priorities, including security, climate, and SMEs, while emphasizing the need to preserve its AAA rating. New sections address critical raw materials, energy security, and social housing, reflecting broader policy concerns. The report also increases demands for transparency, parliamentary oversight, and ethical conduct, including on corruption and conflicts of interest. The other changes are formal: renumbering of paragraphs and updated cross-references.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Joachim Streit (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Karlo Ressler (EPP), Carla Tavares (S&D), Angéline Furet (Patriots), Johan van Overtveldt (ECR), Damian Boeselager (Greens)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 7 Jul 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the EIB Group's 2025 financial activities welcomes record investment and calls for more support for competitiveness, SMEs, climate, defence, and transparency.
Tabled for plenary· 11 Jun 2026
AI summary:This resolution assesses the European Investment Bank Group's 2025 activities, welcoming its record investment and alignment with EU priorities, while calling for more support for competitiveness, defence, SMEs, and transparency.
Committee draft· 13 Mar 2026
AI summary:This draft report on the European Investment Bank Group's 2025 financial activities welcomes its record investment and strategic roadmap, and calls for action on innovation, energy security, defence, cohesion, and transparency.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
7 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 7 Jul 2026 Report A10-0170/2026Adopted text TA10-0245/2026
6 July 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
30 June – 1 July 2026
15 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
Amendment 1Amendment 2Amendment 3Amendment 4Amendment 5Amendments 6–10Amendments 11–13Amendments 14–15
11 June 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
3 June 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
20 April 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
13 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 November 2025
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2213(INI)