Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-04-Speech-3-335"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-02-04"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Alexandr Vondra2
lpv:spoken text	". I fully share the view that energy efficiency is an important instrument for handling both environmental concerns and energy security needs. In fact, we have just been discussing this at home – now I will just step out of my Presidency role – and in Prague we consider two measures to be really important. The others are also important, but either in the long term or without such a huge impact. One is housing and energy efficiency. The second one is nuclear energy, but I know this is a sensitive issue for some Member States. Those are the most important in combating climate change and dealing with energy security. Therefore, finding the proper instruments to promote energy efficiency and housing is the challenge of our time. I would like to deal with the questions on financing. The European Regional Development Fund, as was proposed by the Commission, could be used to find resources for investment in housing and energy efficiency, so this is one instrument which will be available now, also within the framework of the recovery plan. Another possibility for countries like Romania – I know this from my own country – is just to use the emissions trading scheme, which is within the current Kyoto, so it is possible to use the income from that. I think we have the instruments. With regard to this new directive, we will consider the debate about the scope to be the most important. Certainly, we in the Czech Presidency, in cooperation with the upcoming Swedish Presidency – for them it is a priority – will try to do our best and not to waste too much time."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Alexandr Vondra,"1 "President-in-Office of the Council"1
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