characterizing the negotiations and political debate were support for local small and medium sized enterprises maximization of development cooperation so as a
The topics characterising the negotiations and political debate were: support for local small and medium-sized enterprises; maximisation of synergies in the field of development cooperation, so as to avoid duplicating our efforts in southern countries and wasting resources; the nature of the EIB, which remains an investment bank that provides loans, competes on the international markets and does not provide unsecured funding; the geographical range of the EIB's investments, which have been extended to countries such as Libya and Iraq, but not to countries such as Belarus, in which respect for human rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights must be a minimum requirement for action to be planned.
The characterising the negotiations and political debate were: support for local small and medium-sized enterprises; maximisation of of development cooperation, so as avoid duplicating our efforts in countries and wasting resources; the nature the EIB, which remains an investment bank that provides loans, competes on the international and does not provide funding; the range of the EIB's investments, which been extended such as Libya Iraq, but not countries such Belarus, in which respect for rights as enshrined in the European Convention Human Rights must a minimum requirement for action to be