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The EIB and the Spanish railway infrastructure company Adif Alta Velocidad (Adif AV) have signed a €430 million loan to build the Vitoria/Gasteiz-Bilbao-Donostia/San Sebastián high-speed rail line. The line, called “Y vasca”, will provide a high-speed link between the three capitals of the Basque Country region in Spain and strengthen connections with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula and Europe.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan for €300 million for the Regional Government of Galicia in Spain (Xunta de Galicia) to co-finance investments in education, sustainability, the energy transition, social services, and digitalisation in the region. The credit is the first tranche of a total approved loan of €495 million for the Galicia region under the Operational Programme for 2021-2027 of EU regional development and cohesion funds, especially the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the Just Transition Fund.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Institut Català de Finances (ICF) have signed a €163 million loan to finance the construction of affordable rental housing with high energy efficiency standards in Catalonia, Spain. This is the first tranche of a total loan of €490 million backed by the European Union’s InvestEU programme.