Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-24-Speech-1-117"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"cs"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070924.16.1-117"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-24-Speech-1-1182
lpv:speaker	lp:Petr Duchoň2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Občanská demokratická strana (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to comment on two points in Mrs Thomsen’s report. Right at the start the report states that: a) ‘conventional energy resources are about to run out’; b) ‘we are experiencing an increasing dependency on imports’ of raw energy materials; and c) ‘climatic changes … will have dreadful consequences for the inhabitants’. The first point I want to make is that the increasing dependency of EU countries on imports of raw energy materials is the only unambiguous fact, about which there is no doubt. This is indeed a serious political problem. However, it cannot be solved by giving unilateral preference to so-called renewable energy resources. The solution must be far more complex. That is why I want to stress some aspects that are, in my opinion, missing from the report in question. Firstly, the individual Member States are responsible for their own energy policy and the corresponding right to have their own energy mix. Secondly, there is nothing in the report to emphasise that economical spending of the limited funds at our disposal is a necessity, and I stress the word ‘economical’ when talking about spending such funds. I also consider it necessary for the European Union to cooperate with the US, including coordination of their policies towards countries that export raw energy materials. Finally, the report makes no mention of the importance of nuclear energy. My second point is that the predictions on which the report is based, i.e. that conventional energy resources will soon be exhausted and that climate change will have a dreadful impact on the human race, are debatable. We should not treat them as incontrovertible facts."@en1

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