2021 annual press conference

The EIB Group’s Annual Press Conference took place on 20 January 2021 with President Werner Hoyer. Watch the livestream of the conference and the Q&A session below.

The EIB President, Werner Hoyer, presented 2020 results and 2021 outlook at the EIB’s annual press conference.

2020 highlights include*:

• Total EIB Group (European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund) financing signed was €76.8 billion, of which €66.6 billion was in the EU and €10.2 billion outside the EU.
• Total EIB financing: €66.09 billion signed
• Total EIF financing: €12.87 billion signed
• Total investment supported: €270 billion
• Green financing (climate action and environmental sustainability financing by the EIB): 40% of total financing

An advance copy, under embargo, of the EIB’s new Investment Report “Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era” can be requested by emailing press@eib.org. In asking to receive the report under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the publication time of Thursday 21 January at 14.00 CET.

*All figures are unaudited and provisional. All figures are for the EIB Group unless otherwise specified.
The EIB Group total financing figure excludes a small overlap due to joint engagements of the EIB and the EIF.