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"Mr President, about three months ago, on 10 and 11 December, I, on behalf of this House, took part in the trilateral energy conference of the Nordic Council, the Baltic Assembly and the Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council, which was concerned with the promotion of renewable energy, as well as with the future of nuclear sources. An outstanding document, entitled ‘Sustainable and Secure Energy Supplies’ was presented which will also be discussed at the end of this month in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. The parliamentary delegations at the conference once again established that we failed to complete the tasks laid down in Gothenburg and Lisbon. We are unable to increase the renewable energy percentage from 6% to 12%.
Given that fossil energy sources are finite, we must work towards intensifying research programmes. That is what we in this House will also be doing next Wednesday when we discuss the Locatelli report. The combination of private and public means is the perfect formula for the Lisbon agenda. The need for new investment variants and new forms – public private partnership, if you like – is also at issue.
Within the priorities of this Parliament and on a voluntary basis – except for ‘stealth taxes’ on energy, which are unacceptable – but within these pre-conditions, Commissioner Piebalgs can certainly enter into dialogue without any problem. The European investments in hydrogen technology, for example, as argued by the High Level Group, are necessary. We realise that the oil companies have a lot of freedom at the moment. They are significant partners and they are already doing a great deal, but it is impossible to get them to cross this line on a voluntary basis. I would like to find out from the Commissioner how he tackles the discussions he referred to in practice."@en1
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