Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-07-Speech-1-117"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Alternative forms of energy2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050307.13.1-117"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-07-Speech-1-1182
lpv:speaker	lp:Péter Olajos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-28--2006-12-31)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Magyar Demokrata Fórum (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"There is no doubt today that, in view of climate change and the safety of energy supplies, we must make progress in using renewable energy resources. Even if part of the profits of oil companies were spent on this, I am not convinced it would be enough. For this we have to, at the very least, advance on two other fronts, those being commitments by Member States, and centralised research and development. Let us look at the first: commitments and approaches by Member States. According to the Commission report before the European Parliament ‘several countries have still not taken practical steps in the interests of reaching stated objectives’, and at Community level the target of 22.1% (of energy) by 2010 (coming from renewable sources) is in danger, and a figure of only 18 to 19% looks realistic. Huge differences appear between the performances of individual Member States, with, for example, my own country of Hungary in last place, only undertaking to reach 3.6% by 2010, even though it is the site of Europe’s greatest geothermal energy resource, and which to this day has not generated a single watt of electricity. Because of this I support the creation of a conference on renewable sources of energy, which would deal with the differing situations of the Member States, and would aim at reaching agreement.It is essential, in addition, that Member States are responsible for ensuring that environmentally friendly electricity can obtain a share of the market, and take into account the administrative, legal, technical, and grid-access obstacles. Greater aid and joint financing is necessary not only from the Union, but also from Member States. The Commission should do everything to ensure that Member States have greater financial access to development, and also that external costs should appear in the price of energy used. It is definitely worrying to note that in the last twenty years spending on research and development in the field of renewable energy has typically reduced at the national and European level. I suggest in the interests of aid that in the 7th EU technology research and development framework programme starting in 2007, research and development programmes on renewable energy should appear as a separate spending item."@en1

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