According to European reports, the capital of
the European
Investment
Bank will be boosted to help
finance
car,
energy and regional aid projects to help fight the
recession sweeping the globe.
EU finance ministers met and agreed to up capital for the bank,
which will allot some 31 billion
euros in
loans in the next two years, to try and stave off a mounting
financial crisis.
EIB President, Phillipe Maystadt, reportedly commented: I
received a green light for the capital increase in 2009 ...
to finance new tasks. The car industry has called for 40
billion euros in loans to kickstart progression. Maystadt said that
some 8 billion would be given to
car manufacturers, to help produce cleaner
cars .