Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-14-Speech-4-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy – Biomass and Biofuels – Nuclear Safety and Security Assistance (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061214.3.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-12-14-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorgo Chatzimarkakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei - Die Liberalen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-30--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, we all know that energy is the European Union’s lifeline. Unfortunately, we only think about it occasionally, on Sundays. I believe the EU as a whole is being very naive in the way it is dealing with the subject of energy. Energy policy still consists of half-measures and the Member States are following different strategies. The spring summit on energy was a failure, that has become clear. The EU-Russia summit, that was important for us and had an energy component, collapsed because of Polish beef. There are ideological disputes over atomic policy, these are things that are holding us up. There are important regions of the world that could be key suppliers for us, such as Central Asia, but we have paid them little attention so far. China, as has been mentioned several times in the debate, is building a large number of strategic alliances in the world in this very matter. On the other hand, we are very highly dependent on oil and gas, we do not have sufficient interconnectors for a genuine European energy market, as we saw not long ago with this year’s blackout. I think that is a very poor record over all. We therefore very much welcome the fact that you are getting more action plans off the ground, Commissioner, that the German Council Presidency will be concentrating on energy and that countries such as Finland, for example, are taking a very non-ideological and nevertheless very successful approach to energy policy by investing very heavily in biomass and also in atomic power at the same time, because they have obviously recognised the signs of the times. I also particularly welcome the fact, Commissioner, that with the biomass action plan you have made what will probably be a very important contribution to energy diversification, to reducing our dependence on other regions of the world and to the ‘lisbonisation’ of our entire EU agenda. I am thinking in particular of the agricultural plan here. The plans are on the table. Now it is up to the Member States to stick to those plans."@en1

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