This week the President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño met President Macron in Paris, together with Vice-President Fayolle, to discuss the key role of the EIB Group in financing the green and digital transitions, reinforcing Europe´s security and strategic autonomy and responding to citizens’ needs.
At the ECOFIN, Nadia Calviño reviewed with Ukraine’s Finance Minister the economic impact of the war, who received strong support from EU Member states. And with Commissioner Breton, she discussed industrial policy, security and defence, as well as the need to support social housing.
At Forum Europa and Bloomberg, President Calviño shared concrete examples of the value added of the European Union to bring growth, jobs, prosperity and productivity, improving people lives.
The EIB signed new investments in Greece, and in Spain to renovate the Palma de Mallorca airport and finance microcredits helping SMEs and entrepreneurs. We also hosted the EIB Venture Debt Summit, bringing together some of Europe’s most promising and innovative companies. In Armenia, Vice-President Östros attended the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Board.
We congratulate Odile Renaud Basso for her reappointment as President of the EBRD, a close partner of the EIB.
And this week we celebrated 10 years of EIB Proud, the staff network standing up for LGBTIQ rights. Protecting human rights and ensuring equal treatment of persons with different sexual orientations and gender identity is at the heart of our institution, in our internal organisation and the projects we finance, supporting our shared EU values.
Watch President Calviño's previous One week, one minute recaps.
