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"en.20120202.9.4-102-000"2
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"Energy services influence every aspect of people’s lives and the sources of people’s support. Without unrestricted access to these services, societies are forced to live in want. Worldwide, about 1.3 billion people have no access to electricity. This is a huge problem for the countries of the developing world. However, apart from this, there is also another problem, which affects the people living in the European Union itself and, in particular, the Union’s new Member States, and this concerns the restricted access to electricity caused by the high costs of this form of energy. This phenomenon occurs mainly in rural areas, and this is why it is of such great importance to strengthen the EU Energy Facility, which supports marginalised rural areas and people living in isolated communities.
Supporting renewable energy sources and investing in them should become the main work of the Union in this area. The objective is obvious: to ensure inexpensive energy services for the poor, and particularly for all people in non-urban areas. In Central and Eastern Europe, including in countries such as Lithuania, many hectares of land are not under cultivation. By supporting initiatives to derive energy from biofuels, we would gain a triple benefit: cheaper energy, restoration of agricultural production and a reduction in unemployment through the creation of new jobs in the agriculture sector. The role of the Union should be to draw up clear guidelines on criteria for funding and supporting the production of biofuels and alternative energy sources."@en1
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