European Parliament
A7-0150/2012
Francisco Sosa Wagner  (NI ).
(ES)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, all our attention is focused on the banks, and time and again people say that they are the lifeblood of society. That image is probably right, but let us take into account that any body is held up by a backbone and joints. Well, the backbone and joints of the society that we call Europe are its transport networks and energy infrastructure.
It is essential, as is being said this evening in Parliament, that we mobilise private funding and, where appropriate, public funding. This is also an opportunity to promote the issuance of private debt, backed by the European institutions, specifically aimed at achieving these aims fairly, and also open to any investor.
I would congratulate the rapporteurs on their work and also the Commission on its clear impetus behind these projects.

