Presentation by Philippe Maystadt, President, and Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice President, of the EIB’s 2008 activities and the perspectives and major challenges for 2009. The presentation is followed by a question/answer session.
Publications and documentation (available on this page after the press conference):
- Full package of documentation [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Press release containing the main highlights [HTML], [pdf DE], [pdf EN], [pdf FR]
- Background Notes on key topics:
- EIB anti-crisis measures [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Promoting Convergence, as well as Economic and Social Cohesion [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Preparing for the knowledge economy [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB transport policy and trans-European transport networks (TENs) [DE], [EN], [FR]
- 2008: the EIB Group tackled the financial crisis by deploying exceptional resources in support of European SMEs [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Environmental sustainability [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB support EU energy objectives [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Russia, the Eastern Neighbours and Central Asia [DE], [EN], [FR]
- 2008: FEMIP plays a prominent role in the year of the Union for the Mediterranean [DE], [EN], [FR]
- The ACP and OCT Partner Countries and South Africa [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Partner Countries in Asia and Latin America (ALA) [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB Borrowing Activities in 2008 [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Transparency, Public Information and Relations with Civil Society [DE], [EN], [FR]
- European Investment Fund Activity [DE], [EN], [FR]
- List of financing operations in 2008 [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Photographs of the conference: