Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-18-Speech-3-317"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-06-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the EU/Russia summit (26-27 June 2008) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080618.25.3-317"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-18-Speech-3-3182
lpv:speaker	lp:Henrik Lax2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PETI (2008-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3
lpv:translated text	"The energy issue will be important at the summit. The EU needs gas from Russia, and Russia needs export income from Europe. The summit may be crucial in deciding whether the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic will become a reality. This project has the potential for serious disruption to the vulnerable ecosystem of the Baltic Sea, but the most serious threat to the project is the lack of trust between Russia and the countries around the Baltic. If the gas pipeline is to become a reality, clear confidence-building measures are needed from two quarters, from Russia and from Germany. Russia must, among other things, ratify the Espoo Convention, which regulates the distribution of responsibilities in transnational projects likely to have an environmental impact in neighbouring countries, and Russia must cease all talk of the Russian navy and military taking part in the construction of the pipeline. That will never be allowed, at least not in Finland’s territorial waters. Germany, for its part, must first recognise that the project affects all the EU’s Member States around the Baltic Sea and is a common EU matter. Germany must also show solidarity with Poland and the three Baltic states and convince them that they will not be discriminated against in their energy supplies as a result of the project. Germany must honour the resolution we are discussing, which says that the EU must be united in its action with respect to Russia in large-scale energy projects. The gas pipeline must not jeopardise the EU internal market. It is the EU and not Gazprom in Russia which has to lay down the rules for trade in energy on the internal market."@en1

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