Brussels, 28/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 February, during a presentation to the press about the European Investment Bank's (EIB) activities in 2007, Philippe Maystadt was pleased to announce that “2007 was an exceptional year for the EIB, in which it met, and in some cases exceeded” the lending goals it set itself. The total amount of loans signed last year rose to €47.8bn as opposed to €45.6bn in 2006. In his review of the different bank intervention areas, Mr Maystadt...