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"Mr President, this report is a victory for those who want to strengthen the internal market and transparency standards in the energy field. In that sense, it is a further step towards the Europeanisation of energy policy, and I welcome that very much.
I am pleased that long-term contracts are included in the information that has to be reported. Some said during the discussions that this is against market rules, that we should not disclose information, contracts, etc. I think that to exclude often secretive contracts would continue to distort the market. Now, as these backroom deals will be more open, energy prices will truly reflect the reality of supply and demand.
We must now take this transparency one step further. We should move towards more transparency in international gas agreements. They are often contradictory to the law and values of the European Union, so I very much welcome the Commission proposal for a decision on information for international agreements. The Commission should also work towards greater transparency of the ownership of energy firms. Today, it is all but impossible to know who owns what. Companies that are in competition, in theory, could, in fact, be owned by the same individual. We should know more – of course, it is impossible to control everything and to know everything – but we should know more about who is actually controlling market activities."@en1
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