The EIB arranged its annual news conference for 25 February 2010 at the International Press Centre in rue de la Loi in Brussels.
Philippe Maystadt, President, and Philippe de Fontaine-Vive, Vice-President, reviewed the EIB’s activities in 2009, the outlook for 2010 and items of current concern. They also answered questions from journalists.
- Slide presentation [EN]
- Full package of documentation (Press release and briefing notes) [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Press release containing the main highlights [HTML], [pdf DE], [pdf EN], [pdf FR]
- Briefing Notes:
- EIB steps up SMEs lendings in response to financial crisis [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Convergence lending increases by 36% in 2009 [DE], [EN], [FR]
- The EIB’s action against climate change [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Mid-term review of EIB external lending activity [DE], [EN], [FR]
- The EIB delivers: support for European economy with lending worth EUR 79bn [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB boosts its support for the knowledge economy [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Trans-European transport networks (TENs) again draw more EIB loans [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Promoting environmental sustainability [DE], [EN], [FR]
- The EIB supports EU energy objectives [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Preparing the Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries for accession: EIB most active lender in South-East Europe! [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Financing in Eastern Partner Countries and Central Asia [DE], [EN], [FR]
- FEMIP: concrete support for the common Mediterranean project [DE], [EN], [FR]
- The EIB is contributing to development across Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB substantially increases partnership in Asia and Latin America [DE], [EN], [FR]
- EIB Borrowing Activities in 2009 [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Enhancing Transparency, Public Information and Relations with Civil Society [DE], [EN], [FR]
- Strict EIB rules regarding the use of offshore centres [DE], [EN], [FR]
- European Investment Fund Activity [DE], [EN], [FR]
- List of financing operations in 2009 [DE], [EN], [FR]
