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"en.20041025.15.1-114"2
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substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the price of oil is still lower now than it was at the beginning of the eighties, but that has not taught us to conserve. Fuel prices seem to follow fluctuations in the exchange rate of the US dollar, at present the currency of a country at war. Why do we not quote these prices in euros, as Mr Karlsson proposed in his report? Unfortunately, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats overturned the report on emergency supplies in this House a little under a year ago. Perhaps the present energy problems in the United States and Europe have woken us up. The unstable situation in Africa, the Middle East and Russia has resulted in problems in the supply of oil. Not only ourselves, but the United States, Japan, China and India all compete for Russian oil. We must ensure that we have a steady fuel supply.
Member States should prepare for long periods of high prices by introducing interim fiscal solutions, stockpiling supplies, which we need, exploiting new sources of energy, and reduced and more efficient consumption. When Mr Karlsson’s report was overturned, Parliament called on the Commission to draft a new proposal on the matter. When does the Commission intend to put this proposal forward? It is obviously necessary for us to reduce our dependence on oil and develop new energy sources."@en1
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