Mitt utskott har idag behandlat min rapport om Europeiska Investeringsbanken (EIB) som lånat ut omkring tio miljarder kr till batteritillverkaren Northvolt, som ju gått i konkurs. Detta lån gavs som en del i den “gröna given”, EU:s besatthet av att skapa grön energi.
Med anledning av min rapport har budgetkontrollutskottet antagit med rösterna 17-11 följande skrivning som kompromiss:
“Expresses concern regarding the bankruptcy of Northvolt, AB, the battery manufacturer who filed for bankruptcy in Sweden on 12 March 2025 after having benefited from a substantial EIB lending package of slightly over EUR 942.6 million, signed as per 2020 as part of the debt financing to expand a gigafactory site; notes that similar risks appear to exist with similar large-scale ventures such as Stegra (H2 Green Steel);
Calls for the disclosure of the EIB’s risk assessments and of the post-operation assessment, including the evaluation of financial exposure and the adequacy of early-warning indicators, as soon as the ongoing processes will allow;
Demands a review of the lessons learned from the Northvolt case;
Calls on the Commission and the EIB Board of Directors to establish mechanisms for the early detection of systemic risks in flagship investments in order to prevent the recurrence of similar situations;
Calls on the EIB to disclose the risk assessment profiles for these and other similar engagements, in an appropriately aggregated and confidentiality-compliant manner, including governance, concentration and technology risks; reiterates its call on the EIB to provide details of the evaluation and decision-making process that took place ahead of the investment in Northvolt AB, and to explain how such a crucial project failed despite the EIB’s claims that it carries out adequate and continuous monitoring of the beneficiaries of its financial support.”
Nu går ärendet vidare till plenum där alla 720 ledamöter röstar om rapporten, förmodligen i april i Strasbourg.
Rapporten innehåller också flera andra omläggningar av politiken som jag återkommer till i video.