🇮🇹🇪🇺 Today, we are taking you to the Eternal City:
Rome, where we sat down with Milena Messori, Head of the EIB Group office in Italy.
Explore how our projects in the country are building resilience, driving growth, and improving people's lives⤵️
https://t.co/b2pLj1kZzi
My #1week1minute🎥
🎂 40th anniversary of Spain joining the EU
🤝🏻Very good meetings with 🇬🇷minister @MargSchinas and 🇪🇸 VP Sara Aagesen @mitecogob
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Support to Ukraine
🇺🇿 New @EIB Group regional office in Tashkent
✍️ Projects in 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇪🇬🇷 and Central Asia
We provide €140m to Exosens to support R&D & industrial investments in advanced night vision and imaging technologies.
Backed by #InvestEU, this financing will strengthen 🇪🇺's defence & security capabilities while reinforcing its industrial sovereignty➡️https://t.co/xvYtsyyxl3
A full room in Zagreb for Start-up to Scale-up 🇭🇷
Over 8 years, the EIF, HBOR and the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds have mobilised €270m, supporting 200 Croatian companies and attracting 3x private capital.
Next step: scaling further.
🔗https://t.co/bWOtzd8Czf
🇪🇺🇸🇰 Košice, Slovakia’s 2nd-largest city, gets a €20m financing & an EU grant to boost its green transition.
The agreement includes:
✅Energy efficiency for public buildings
✅Better social infrastructure
✅Sustainable mobility options
👉🔗https://t.co/TqOLbuIKTi
At @ClubdeMadrid#APD26, one message was clear: in a 🌍 where some are raising walls, we are building bridges.
The @EIB is deepening strategic partnerships and turning political commitments into concrete projects supporting peace, security, resilience and shared prosperity.
With @HSBC and Hellenic Cables, we signed an #InvestEU backed agreement to strengthen Europe’s wind supply chain.
A €60m EIB counter-guarantee will support Hellenic Cables’ role in wind energy projects, advancing the European Wind Power Action Plan.
👉https://t.co/vZfwjrf23d
We've signed a €50m credit line with @wemabank to support SMEs across Nigeria.
This partnership will expand access to finance for businesses, with a strong focus on youth entrepreneurship, women-led enterprises & environmentally sustainable investments.
➡️https://t.co/ieeRB3ppKA
Our partners want Europe to have a strong voice in the new global order because Europe builds win-win partnerships between equals, based on mutual respect - very different from those who see global alliances as win-lose.
President @NadiaCalvino at @ClubdeMadrid#APD26 ⤵️
The EU is 27 democratic countries, each with its own institutions and political priorities.
Our decision-making process may require balancing and compromise, but that is what 🇪🇺 is about. That's what makes us strong.
🎙️ President @NadiaCalvino at @ClubdeMadrid#APD26
Through #EIBAdvisory, we will support Resonac Graphite Spain in advancing its project to produce sustainable graphite for EV batteries & energy storage.
A step towards lower emissions, stronger battery value chains and greater energy autonomy in 🇪🇺⤵️
https://t.co/TlK15MP3QN
🇪🇸🇪🇺 Together with @BancoSabadell, we're helping mobilise €1bn to support SMEs and mid-caps in Spain.
The operation includes €164m for companies with security and defence projects, marking our first securitisation with this component.
🔗https://t.co/TPkvlxExKA
We signed a €150m loan with QazAvtoZhol, in the presence of @TokayevKZ, @vonderleyen & @eucopresident, to rehabilitate ~1,370 km of roads along the Trans-Caspian Corridor.
The EU #GlobalGateway-backed project will strengthen a key connection between Central Asia and Europe.
🇱🇺🇪🇺🙌🥳 Schéinen #Nationalfeierdag, Lëtzebuerg!
Proud to call Luxembourg home to the @EIB Group.
A country of rich history, vibrant culture, and a steadfast commitment to openness, stability and the European project.
Happy National Day!
#FourSeasons🌹🌞🍁❄️
Today, President @NadiaCalvino announced 2 new operations in Spain:
✔️with Resonac, to support graphite electrode production through #EIBAdvisory
✔️with @BancoSabadell, to mobilise €1bn in investments, including projects in security and defence for SMEs and mid-caps
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“Wherever there is a key, emblematic project with a positive impact, you will find the European flag - and usually the EIB Group as well.”
🎙️President @NadiaCalvino in Madrid, celebrating the 40th anniversary of 🇪🇸 accession to the EU and 45 years of EIB activity in the country.
We're investing €170m via #EIBGlobal to develop waterways transport in Lagos.
Under #GlobalGateway, the Omi Eko Project will deliver 15 ferry routes & 75 electric vessels, improving urban mobility and delivering socio-economic and environmental benefits🔗https://t.co/ViN1FxSuhl
🇪🇺🇬🇷 Very good meeting with @MinagricPress Minister @MargSchinas.
Agriculture is key to Europe's security and prosperity.
The @EIB Group is stepping up financial support to farmers, especially young people & women, boosting innovation and accelerating the green transition.
#EIBAdvisory through ELENA is supporting @HeatGrid Ireland in developing low-carbon district heating networks in several locations across 🇮🇪.
The €107 milliom investment will cut emissions and boost sustainable heating in Irish cities 👉https://t.co/DnoD3YxBDL
#InvestEU