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"Mr President, this was an example of the law of unintended consequences, not a disaster.
We must await the outcome of the inquiry you have launched and avoid kneejerk reactions. We have learned once again that people’s behaviour is not always predictable. I submit that it is not possible to legislate against every eventuality. This was primarily a technical problem and not necessarily one about policy.
I would remind the Commissioner and the House that we already have legislation in place in the shape of the security of electricity supply and infrastructure directive, for which I was Parliament’s rapporteur. We should wait for that piece of legislation to bed down and be seen to be properly transposed and implemented in Member States before we move on to enact more legislation. Let us learn from this, but let us also remember that the network operators – the transmission system operators – have a remarkable record of maintaining supply. As my colleague, Mr Rübig, has said, a 100% supply is a difficult target to achieve. I believe they do a pretty good job.
I invite the Commissioner to come and join my colleagues on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. We are going back to our committee meeting after this discussion. One of the matters we will be discussing is Mrs Morgan’s report on the Green Paper. It is good to see the Commissioner here and if he does not have to rush away he will be very welcome to join us."@en1
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