Beer to become EIB Vice President

FDP politician and Vice President of the EU Parliament Nicola Beer is to become Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB). This proposal was made by German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) shortly before Easter, the FAZ reported over the weekend. Beers’ nomination for one of the eight vice posts suggests that the German government no longer sees any chance of being able to fill the institute’s top post with a personality from Germany again after the term of office of EIB President Werner Hoyer.