Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-02-Speech-3-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:ALTENER2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000202.10.3-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-02-Speech-3-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Marjo Matikainen-kallström2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2000-04-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to thank Mr Langen – although he is not actually here – for the work he has done to carry through the programme both in Parliament and in the Council. The project has been long and problematic. In future too, there will be a need to invest heavily in research into the use of renewable energy sources. Although there is much that is good about the new directive, it is nonetheless not without its defects. One example is the use of peat. Peat cannot be classified as belonging in the same group as fossil fuels. If peat cannot be classified directly as a renewable, non-fossil energy source, it must form its own class, especially as far as the issue of environmental taxation is concerned. It is not right that peat should be judged according to the same criteria as, for example, coal. The development of renewable energy sources is a partial solution to ending the Union’s dependence on imported energy. Research is particularly essential with regard also to the EU’s next round of enlargement. Dependence on imported energy affects worst of all many Eastern European countries, whose economic structure is still suffering from the dependence created in the times of the Soviet Union on Russian energy. The EU must adhere to the Kyoto Protocol on climate. We are all concerned about the environment and our children’s future. The share that renewable energy sources have in total energy production must be increased, but it has to be done in a rational manner. We have to remember that our basic energy production cannot be based on renewables for a long time to come. For that we need a form of energy production that does not harm the climate: nuclear energy."@en1

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