The European Ombudsman has launched a strategic initiative, looking into the transparency of the measures introduced by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in response to the COVID-19 crisis. In the context of the initiative, she set out a series of questions to the EIB concerning, amongst other things, the transparency of the terms and criteria related to new financing measures for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The Ombudsman is currently analysing the EIB's reply.