Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-24-Speech-4-037"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trans-European energy networks2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021024.3.4-037"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-24-Speech-4-0382
lpv:speaker	lp:Reino Paasilinna2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this report. It is about a logistics system in the European Union that we are trying to build. It appears that electricity consumption will continue to grow over the next 20 years but that the rate of growth will fall off or slow down. At the same time the production of electricity and other forms of energy will go down in relation to consumption. We in the Nordic countries have opened up our electricity markets. For example, in my own country, Finland, households have been able to choose their electricity supplier for many years now. This practice has worked well in the Nordic countries, and even Norway, a country outside the European Union, participates. The importance of renewable sources is increasing in our logistics system and limiting carbon dioxide emissions has also become a key issue. Natural gas is also growing in importance. We must be on our guard against the emergence of monopolies and reliance on just one supplier, which would cause huge problems. Let us just recall how things went for Enron or how things are still going for a certain large company in Great Britain. Where are the largest and nearest energy resources from the Union’s point of view? They are in Russia. Now while the relevant Commissioner is listening attentively over there I would propose that, at the next summit between the European Union and Russia, an attempt at some sort of concrete agreement is made on energy, both gas and electrical energy, because we are very interested in both and we will be dependent on Russia for gas within 20 years or so."@en1

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