Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-25-Speech-3-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lahti, 20 October 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061025.4.3-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-25-Speech-3-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Rihards Pīks2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2004-09-16--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-04-14)3,3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Tautas partija (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Thank you, Mr President, Mr Vanhanen and Mr Barroso. First of all I would like to thank the Finnish Presidency for organising this summit, since an informal summit is a good forum in which to talk about difficult issues. Secondly, I think that it was Mr Vanhanen’s steadiness and initiative that made it possible to achieve a unified stance, at least regarding energy issues. I would, however, like to draw your attention, gentlemen, to two subjects. Firstly, it seems to me that the provisions of the Energy Charter ought definitely to be included in the new partnership and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Russia. This is all the more important in that Mr Putin referred to it as a strategic agreement. What should we ourselves be doing, though? The sad experience of my country and my people is evidence that Russia has never shied away from using force and pressure when it has been able to do so. For that reason it seems to me that, firstly, we have to work much harder to create a unified gas and electricity network in the European Union. Secondly, we must work much harder on alternative energy resources. Thirdly, we must work on energy-saving programmes. Here I endorse Mr Schulz, who gave a very passionate speech about this earlier. There is one more question that was touched on at the press conference. Mr Putin said, in reply to a question, that the issue concerning Abkhazia, Georgia and South Ossetia was their affair. To put it mildly, that is cynical. We know very well that Russia’s army is also in Transnistria, that Russia supplied weapons and that the leading personnel in all those enclaves are officers from Russia’s official organisations. It seems to me that Europe ought to take an initiative …"@en1

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