EIB: Council agrees to increase funding to address migration issues

On 5 April 2017, the permanent members of the Council of the European Union agreed on a negotiating position regarding the proposition for the European Investment Bank to allocate further funding to projects outside the EU addressing migration issues.

This decision came as part of a mid-term review of the EIB's external lending mandate, and further negotiations with the Parliament and Commission were scheduled to start on 12 April 2017.

ESO: Background information: Report on the mid-term review of the application of the Decision regarding the EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council-on-the-mid-term-review-of-the-application-of-the-decision-no-466-2014-eu-as-regards-the-eu-guarantee-to-the-european-investment-ba/

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