Luxembourg, 02/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - During the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank (EIB), consisting of the Finance Ministers of the EU Member States, on Wednesday morning in Luxembourg, the president of the bank, Philippe Maystadt, announced an increase of 7% in loans in 2003 to EUR 42.3 billion: - EUR 34.2 billion in the EU15, EUR 4.6 billion in accession countries and acceding countries and EUR 3.5 billion in partner countries.
In 2003, the EIB...