Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-17-Speech-2-339"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-06-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Internal market in electricity - Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080617.38.2-339"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-17-Speech-2-3402
lpv:speaker	lp:Eluned Morgan2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I should like to thank all those who contributed to a very interesting debate. I would like to reflect a little on what Mr Hökmark said about developing the best possible system to ensure security of supply, sustainability and competitiveness. I must say that the position the Council has come up with goes too far. I am disappointed with the informal agreement in Council, because it has bent too much to the will of the minority. I understand, of course, that there is a time and a place and a need for compromise, but I think it has gone too far. I am also disappointed with the Commission for not being firmer in defending its own position – do not forget that it is your own position that we are defending now. I would just like to remind you that you have backtracked and we have not – we are defending position. What we have at the moment is not good enough. We have large industrial energy users coming up to us and asking us privately to unbundle, but when we tell them that we will try to do that and ask them to come and say that to us publicly, they say they cannot do that as they are vulnerable! That means that the consumer is not in charge – the consumer is not in control of the marketplace – and that is problematic. I think there has been a misunderstanding on the matter of special tariffs for vulnerable customers. I stand by this issue. I want to see special tariffs for vulnerable customers. However, we are not asking the EU to do this: we are asking Member States to do it and to take this issue seriously. We, the Socialists, in particular, have listened to what our constituents are saying: that high prices are hurting and that they are really suffering at the moment, and we want the issue of energy poverty put on the agenda in the Member States. It is not even there at the moment. Only one country in Europe has a definition of energy poverty. Put it on the agenda in your Member States because it is not there now!"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-09-06--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Eluned Morgan,"1 "rapporteur"1 "your"1

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