The total financing granted by the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) rose by 43% between 2024 and 2025, reaching approximately three billion euros. EIB President Nadia Calvino, who presented the annual report in Lisbon alongside Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, highlighted that Portugal leads the EU in terms of the multiplier effect of EIB funding. Key 2025 investments included nearly one billion euros for the Porto-Lisbon high-speed rail project, 750 million euros for affordable housing, and 300 million euros for public school renovations, alongside support for major companies like Navigator, MC (Sonae), and EDP, as well as 500 million euros in financing for SMEs.
EIB Group loans to Portugal increased by 43% in 2025
Thursday, 12 March 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento is Portugal’s Finance Minister who gave a hearing before the Budget, Finance and Public Administration Committee about fiscal measures affecting housing. His remarks matter to expats because finance ministry decisions — like exemptions and public guarantees for young homebuyers — influence the property market, taxes and programmes that can affect housing affordability.
The European Investment Bank (Banco Europeu de Investimento or BEI) is the lending arm of the European Union, owned by its member states. It provided €1.9 billion in financing to Portugal in 2023, focusing on sustainable transport and energy projects. Residents interested in Portugal's economic development should note its role in funding large-scale public and private infrastructure.
Nadia Calviño is the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), a role she assumed in January 2024. Before leading the EIB, she was Spain's First Vice President and Minister for Economy and Digital Transformation. Those following European economic policy should note her influence on how the EU funds climate and infrastructure projects in the euro area.
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