EFSI

European Investment Bank on course to meet €315B Juncker Plan target

Fiscal stimulus plan has to date unlocked €257B in public and private funding for infrastructure projects across the EU, the president of EIB told MEPs, as he defended fossil fuel investments and anticipated the fallout from Brexit

08 Feb 2018

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EFSI

EIB to provide Austrian biotech Apeiron €25M loan

The loan comes from Juncker’s European Fund for Strategic Investment and will be used to develop new cancer treatments

31 Aug 2017

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EIB

France and not Germany may be UK’s friend in Brexit tech talks

With little sign of German flexibility on tech issues ahead of Brexit negotiations, the UK could have better luck extracting concessions from France

02 Mar 2017

Viewpoint

EU cuts new bank deal to help recession-mired Finland

Commission says new guarantee scheme will unlock €220 million for 800 Finnish businesses

26 Jan 2017

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EFSI

Plan to add €10B to Strategic Investment Fund not justified, says EU accounts watchdog

Topping up the Juncker Plan would be premature and is not supported by evidence, concludes the European Court of Auditors. The Commission’s riposte is that the claim is “plain wrong”

16 Nov 2016

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EFSI

Can EU’s new investment vehicle deliver?

The European Commission is hoping a new public-private fund of funds can bolster venture capital markets and funnel money to start-ups, while providing competition to the dominant European Investment Fund

22 Sep 2016

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EIB

New defence R&D pilot programme to be announced before end of the year

Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker presents timetable for an EU move into defence-related research and announces a top-up – from €315B to €500B - for the EU Fund for Strategic Investments

15 Sep 2016

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Defence technologies

One year in, is the Juncker plan delivering?

After raiding Horizon 2020 funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investments is attracting private investment and on course to reach its €315B target. But the low risk projects it is financing are not wholly innovative - only one involves a research organisation

09 Jun 2016

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Horizon 2020