– (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today’s debate affords me the opportu
nity to present the report that I have written, on behalf of the Committee on Development, to discuss in particular
the effects of the European Union’s lending practices, involving specifically in this in
stance the European Investment Bank. The primary object of the report that is before you today, and on which you will be asked to
...[+++]vote tomorrow, is to make the European Investment Bank a major, and above all, an effective instrument of development aid.