Publication
Priorities for prosperity: The European Investment Bank Group 2024 Activity Report
Impact highlights, lending data, project case studies and future directions in a record year for the European Union’s lending arm.
What is it about?
People and businesses expect Europe to support investments for the future. Investments that improve lives. Investments that reinforce security and offer new opportunities. In 2024, the EIB Group unveiled a Strategic Roadmap that does just that. Organised around our core strategic priorities, we aim to accelerate the green transition, boost technological innovation, bolster security and defence, and support regional cohesion and social infrastructure. Our commitment to international development and capital markets integration safeguards Europe’s strong global presence. Our priorities boost growth, prosperity, and technological and social progress in individual Member States, across the whole European Union and around the world. They are aligned with the agenda of Europe’s leaders on competitiveness, strategic autonomy and economic security. Our work in these areas contributes to a strong voice for Europe around the world and helps tackle today’s geopolitical challenges. This report highlights projects that encapsulate our work in each of these priorities.
Why is it important?
Europe is at crossroads and the choices we make will determine our voice in the new global order. We have good reason to be confident. Democracies are robust when societies keep faith in their strengths. Extremes, on the other hand, feed on despair and division. No matter the headwinds, there is little reason to doubt the European Union’s resolve to build a more secure, prosperous and sustainable future for its citizens. This report illustrates the EIB Group’s strategic role in this collective endeavour. As a truly European financial asset, we are making a difference.
Perspectives
A technological revolution is unfolding, and innovation holds the key to our future well-being, Europe’s competitiveness, and its strategic autonomy. The good news is that we have a definite edge when it comes to ideas.
President
Nadia
Calviño
European Investment Bank
