Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-13-Speech-1-126"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European electricity network breakdown (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061113.18.1-126"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-13-Speech-1-1272
lpv:speaker	lp:Alejo Vidal-quadras2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-01-17)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the power cut that was experienced on 4 November once again demonstrated the high level of interdependence between the electrical networks of the Member States. The fact that ten million citizens and about a dozen countries were affected gives us an idea of the gravity and scope of this incident. There is undoubtedly a positive side to this, which is the swiftness and efficiency of the reaction by the operators, who, by taking the appropriate measures, managed to solve the problem in just under an hour. However, although we should be pleased with this, what we should not do is tempt fate. Commissioner, you said that a detailed investigation is going to be conducted into the causes of this incident and there is no doubt that this needs to be done, because from every crisis like this we learn very valuable lessons. I am sure that when you have all the necessary information, you will pass it on to this House so that we can also analyse it. Commissioner, I fully agree with you that there is a need, as you recently mentioned, to create a formal group, at European level, of transmission system operators that can make technical proposals on safety standards for the networks and other issues that are relevant to what we are dealing with. A few years ago I proposed a similar initiative in relation to the report on security of supply and I must say that, on the part of the regulators and many colleagues in this House, the initiative was not very successful. I hope that after this latest crisis, this proposal will be re-examined with more realism. Finally, Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to take this opportunity to make a comment to the Council: it is now time that, in a Europe in which there is free movement of services, goods, capital and people, in which twelve of the Member States have the same monetary policy, in which we all share an international trade policy, we stop pretending that the decisions that we take about energy only affect us. This latest incident made this very clear. It is not about taking sovereignty away from any Member State, but about acting together on all those things in which joint action benefits everyone."@en1

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