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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I speak in place of my colleague, Fiona Hall, who cannot be here this morning because of a pressing engagement with Commissioner Mandelson. I should like to thank both Mrs Hall for the valuable work she has done on this resolution, along with the other shadow rapporteurs, and the rapporteur herself, whose skilful mediation and collation work has led to a text that enjoys broad support in this Parliament.
The objective that the European Parliament is setting itself with this resolution is an ambitious one in my view. First of all, it is ambitious in its methods, because Parliament is taking a proactive role under the Rule 39 procedure and is calling on the Commission to put forward a legislative act that is needed to fill a gap, to put that missing piece in place in the structure of the legislative and legal framework. That will enable us to make significant progress towards the use of renewable energies, in particular for the heating and cooling sector.
I think everyone is surprised to learn that 50% of Europe’s energy requirements are used for heating. That reveals the obvious need for a legislative provision, without which the sector cannot grow – something that was also acknowledged by the Commission in its report on energy efficiency. The sector also needs to be given some certainty. Without the certainty of possible growth there will be no investment and no research; in short, there will not be that kind of concentration of resources and energies that will enable the sector to make a qualitative leap.
Secondly, Parliament’s objective is also important and ambitious in that it sets a deadline of 2020. Some may perhaps consider that deadline to be rather timid and limited, but I believe we should see it as a target to beat.
Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about a share of over 20%, we are hoping to achieve a significant percentage, more than double the current share for renewable sources of energy.
To conclude, I believe that there is a clear commitment in Parliament and from certain Members – I see Vittorio Prodi is here for the subject of biomass. We also call on the Commission – and, subsequently, the Member States when implementing the directive – to work particularly hard to reduce our energy dependence, which might have a serious effect on our future growth and development."@en1
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