Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-20-Speech-3-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Measures to be taken following the fuel crisis and the rise in oil prices2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000920.4.3-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-20-Speech-3-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vihreät (1999-07-20--2003-03-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we should not wonder at all that we are once again in the midst of a fuel crisis. This is the third one, and since 1979 energy policy has been little more than a series of failures. A lot has been said about switching to a sustainable energy policy, but precious little has been done about it. I welcome the ideas that have been put forward here today by the Commissioner. Now transport ministers really do have the opportunity to make a definite U-turn in energy policy in the direction of a sustainable energy economy. Road transport has increased from a 50% share of all transport in 1980 to an 85% share in 2000. If we were now to reduce fuel taxation generally, this would be very much like lowering the price of heroine on the drugs market. The end result would surely be that there would be more drug addicts than before and a greater crisis. We should not be making these kinds of mistakes now. Nuclear power is not an alternative either in this situation, as only 10% of electricity is produced using oil, and, besides, all the development work going on with regard to new vehicles, for example, is based on the idea that the cars of the future are perhaps more likely to run on hydrogen, but certainly not on nuclear energy. Our group has today proposed an integrated programme such as this to serve as the European Union’s new energy policy programme. We want to start implementing this also with regard to the budget, and we are proposing a new budget policy called ”New Energy Sources”. We want to promote energy saving, for example, and better construction technology for homes and buildings. We also want the European Union to have powers to manage the new energy policy. We require the issue of energy to be included in the Treaty and have its own chapter there, and we want to stress how important it is to rid ourselves of the requirement of unanimity with regard to taxation. For almost ten years, we have been trying to establish a common energy tax in the European Union. Commission Members have come and gone, but this problem has always remained unsolved. In the short term we have to help the direct victims of this oil crisis, but it has to be done with the proper care and focus."@en1

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