<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><wcm><PressRelease><id>IP/13/460</id><format>HTML</format><date>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:44 +0200</date><keywords><keyword>COMDOC</keyword><keyword>ECOMONAFF</keyword><keyword>REHN</keyword></keywords><language><code>EN</code><title>May 2013: Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator</title><formats/><url>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/460&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</url><description>European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 May 2013 May 2013May 2013 In May 2013, the DG ECFIN flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator improved marginally in the EU (-20.2 after -20.4 in April 2013) and the euro area (-21.9 after -22.3 in April 2013).</description></language></PressRelease><PressRelease><id>IP/13/454</id><format>HTML</format><date>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:03 +0200</date><keywords><keyword>COMDOC</keyword><keyword>ECOMONAFF</keyword><keyword>EIB</keyword><keyword>EIBLOAN</keyword><keyword>REHN</keyword></keywords><language><code>EN</code><title>Commission moves to strengthen EIB lending outside the EU over the next seven years</title><formats/><url>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/454&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</url><description>European Press release Brussels, 23 May 2013 Commission The European Commission has today adopted a proposal on financing operations in support of investment projects outside the EU by the European Investment Bank (EIB), on the basis of an EU budgetary guarantee.</description></language><language><code>DE</code><title>Kommission bringt Unterstützung der Darlehenstätigkeit der EIB außerhalb der EU während der nächsten sieben Jahre auf den Weg</title><formats/><url>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/454&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=DE&amp;guiLanguage=en</url><description>Europäische Pressemitteilung Brüssel, 23 Mai 2013 Kommission Die Europäische Kommission hat heute einen legislativen Vorschlag bezüglich EU-Haushaltsgarantien zur Unterstützung von Investitionsprojekten der Europäischen Investitionsbank (EIB) ausserhalb der EU verabschiedet.</description></language><language><code>FR</code><title>La Commission agit pour renforcer la capacité de prêt de la BEI à l&#039;extérieur de l&#039;UR pour les sept prochaines années</title><formats/><url>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/454&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=FR&amp;guiLanguage=en</url><description>Commission européenne Communiqué de presse Bruxelles, 23 mai 2013 La Commission européenne a adopté aujourd&#039;hui une proposition visant les interventions de la Banque Européenne d&#039;Investissements (la BEI) destinées à soutenir des projets d&#039;investissement à l&#039;extérieur de l&#039;UE. Ces financements bénéficieront d&#039;une garantie budgétaire de l&#039;Union européenne.</description></language></PressRelease><PressRelease><id>SPEECH/13/443</id><format>HTML</format><date>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:47 +0200</date><keywords><keyword>COMDOC</keyword><keyword>ECOMONAFF</keyword><keyword>REHN</keyword><keyword>SPEECH</keyword></keywords><language><code>EN</code><title>Social pillar of the EMU – Commission statement in the European Parliament</title><formats/><url>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/443&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</url><description>European Commission Olli REHN Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro European Parliament session / Strasbourg 22 May 2013 President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, The Commission is collegially, with the steer of President Barroso, working on...</description></language></PressRelease></wcm>