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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10639
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) eib

Barroso and Hoyer call for more funding for EIB

Brussels, 21/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB),Werner Hoyer, called on Thursday 21 June for the EIB to get €10 billion extra capital.

This capital increase would allow the EU's financial arm to lend €60bn over three years and, by leveraging, would enable €180bn to become available for investment projects in key areas of the economy in Europe, explained the two politicians in...

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