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The EIB in Greece: by the numbers
June 15, 2012
 | by David Hoffman

As Europe’s financial establishment braces for the results of tomorrow’s Greek elections and Eurozone officials dangle the carrot of a new European Investment Bank programme in front of Athens, we’ve prepared a snapshot of previous EIB loans in the country. [1] [2] [3] [4] (NB: any tricolour similarities are entirely coincidental.)

austerity, crisis, debt, economics, EIB, eurozone, graph, Greece, numbers
EIB
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts
Between the headlines: EBRD expansion demands policy-driven approach
June 14, 2012
 | by Anelia Stefanova

With the European Parliament's ratification of the expansion of EBRD operations to north Africa the question arises again: Is the bank fit for this purpose? The Parliament's answer sounds like a resounding 'maybe'.

Arab spring, coherence, democracy, EBRD, European Parliament, policy, transparency
EBRD
Social & economic impacts
The revolution should not be privatised
June 12, 2012
 | by Pippa Gallop

Pushing for public-private partnerships will not support democratisation in the Arab Spring countries but risks increasing their public debt. Our new website brings together the PPP lessons that Europe should have learned.

Arab spring, corruption, democratisation, development, Egypt, infrastructure, PFI, PPP, public-private partnerships
EBRD, EIB
Social & economic impacts
Hydro power plants endanger the Balkan lynx in Macedonia
June 5, 2012
 | by Petr Hlobil

A fact-finding mission to Macedonia has confirmed our concerns that two planned hydro power plants are set to destroy important natural habitats in the Mavrovo National Park.

biodiversity, dams, hydropower, lynx, national park, Natura2000, protected areas, water
EBRD, World Bank Group
Energy & climate, Other harmful projects
Fossil fuels rebranded as low-carbon also in Cohesion Policy discussions
June 1, 2012
 | by Markus Trilling

Discussions in the European Parliament on the next Cohesion Policy have seemingly been taken hostage by fossil fuel friendly interests - once again with Poland taking the lead.

climate, Cohesion Policy, EU budget, European Parliament, fossil fuels, MFF, Poland
EU Funds
Energy & climate
The many faces of coal subsidies. A glance at Romania.
May 29, 2012
 | by Diana Popa

The case of two Enel investments in Romania illustrates how subsidies for coal power can be ambiguous, but provide very concrete disincentives for investments in renewable energy.

climate, coal, derogation, Enel, ETS, European Commission, fossil fuels, Romania, subsidies
Energy & climate
The EBRD should listen (better) to civil society in Arab Spring countries
May 22, 2012
 | by Petr Hlobil

In preparation to its extended lending to Arab Spring countries, the EBRD is conducting consultations with civil society. Yet the bank doesn't seem to make an appropriate effort.

Arab spring, EBRD, Egypt, Jordan, local benefits, MENA, Morocco, participation, privatisation, SEMED, Tunisia
EBRD
Social & economic impacts
The writings on the European Parliament's wall: Make the EIB choose a brighter future
May 15, 2012
 | by Sven Haertig-Tokarz

Ahead of the European Investment Bank's annual meeting, Counter Balance and Bankwatch have chosen an unconventional way to remind the EIB shareholders of the bank's chequered track record.

austerity, EIB, euro crisis, growth, public action, sustainability, video
EIB
Energy & climate, Social & economic impacts
The medium-sized EIB bazooka - Europe's people and environment must benefit this time around
May 11, 2012
 | by Greig Aitken

As it begins to dawn on Europe's elite that fiscal austerity is not working after all, the European Investment Bank is once again the talk of the EU as decision-makers scramble to stimulate national economies that are hemhorraging jobs and living standards - and hope - across the continent.

austerity, credit crunch, EIB, euro crisis, eurozone
EIB
Social & economic impacts
Chernobyl at 26: nuclear dynamite is growing in Ukraine
April 26, 2012
 | by Iryna Holovko

26 years ago, the days after the nuclear accident in Chernobyl had been marked by the glaring lack of information. Today, Europe's population is similarly clueless as back then about the nuclear risk brewing in Ukraine.

anniversary, Chernobyl, energy grab, Euratom, nuclear, transparency
EBRD
Energy & climate

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