Giegold: EIB should finance more networks across borders

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to be given new leadership in the fall. The German government is now expressing its wishes for the candidates. „I am of the opinion that the European Investment Bank should position itself more transnationally“, Sven Giegold, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, told Table.Media. There is a high need for investment in cross-border infrastructure, he said, and „the EIB could and should form a center of competence here and play an important role in financing under new leadership„.