Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-22-Speech-1-094"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Natural gas/petroleum products2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030922.6.1-094"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-22-Speech-1-0952
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, it is natural gas that will meet the European Union’s growing need for energy in the near future. Reserves in relatively nearby areas – the North Sea and North Africa – are only sufficient to meet needs for the next 10 or 20 years, and gas will have to be imported from the east. The route of the gas pipeline from the Caspian Sea area to Western Europe is a matter of power politics. The EU’s position must not be too NATO-dependent concerning this. We have, above all, to safeguard our own interests. We have to remember that the world’s largest gas reserves are in Russia. The best security policy will be for the EU to participate in investment in Russia’s gas resources in exchange for long-term supply contracts. Connected with the problems of liberalising the gas market is the fact that gas market actors are only interested in buying and selling gas, but not in producing gas for investment. The market runs on too short a time scale, and that is why measures need to be taken by the Member States to guarantee long-term supply contracts. There are no such contracts being made in the markets. Gas cannot be stored in the same way as oil. For that reason modes of transportation and the needs of secure storage with respect to oil and gas differ from one another. Responsibility for the security of supply of both oil and gas lies with the Member States, and this responsibility cannot be transferred to market forces. Our group supports the strains of criticism the rapporteurs direct at the Commission’s proposals. We quite understand the calls for Mr Karlsson’s report to go back to the committee."@en1

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