Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-03-12-Speech-3-399"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080312.25.3-399"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-03-12-Speech-3-4002
lpv:speaker	lp:Gyula Hegyi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-01-05--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; CULT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"European Union support for distance heating! I welcome the European Commission’s initiative for a new Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF). Securing our energy supply – and doing so in a manner that does not jeopardise our environmental values, our strategic security or our competitiveness, is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century. The cheapest energy, of course, is energy that we do not use, in other words energy we save. In these energy-lean times, energy conservation is in everyone’s vital interests, whether consumers or larger communities. From a left-wing perspective it must also be emphasised that energy conservation and efficient energy use is a social issue too, given that it is often the poorest people, in particular, that waste the most energy. This is especially true of the new Member States, for example in homes on Hungary’s housing estates, which use more than twice as much energy per square metre as in western Europe. This is why it is important to provide Community resources for the modernisation of eastern Europe’s distance heating systems. Distance heating, in theory, is an energy-saving system and has the advantage of being easy to adapt to renewable energies, while in the case of individual heating this would need to be carried out on a house-by-house basis. Making European Union resources available for distance heating is therefore crucial. In addition, consideration could be given to providing uniform tax concessions across the European Union to facilitate investment in energy conservation and create funds for this purpose."@en1

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