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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Consequences of the recent gas crisis - Second Strategic Energy Review - Challenge of energy efficiency through information and communication technologies (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090202.16.1-126"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-02-Speech-1-1272
lpv:speaker	lp:Eugenijus Maldeikis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2006-05-18--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2008-10-23--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Liberalų demokratų partija (2006-05-18--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-04-25--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"The main lesson of the gas crisis is the great vulnerability of Europe’s energy system and the very significant risk to supply delivery. This risk remains as the agreement between Ukraine and Russia is a one-time agreement and the situation will undoubtedly be repeated. Bilateral energy questions remain fundamentally unresolved, not just between Russia and Ukraine, but between Ukraine and the European Union and between the European Union and Russia, all the more so because there is no common EU-Ukraine-Russia energy operating system. There have so far been neither safeguards nor guarantees and these have yet to appear. I would like to stress that dependence on the supply of gas and on the use of gas is increasing dramatically and will grow even more once the power stations in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia have been closed. This shows that the risk remains and is perhaps increasing. We have a very clear long-term energy strategy for the whole of the European Union. We have had very heated debates about it. There is talk of long-term measures. In my view, the weakest link is our short- to medium-term energy policy. It has not passed the reality test and this was demonstrated by the gas crisis. I would invite the Commission to investigate such a scenario which, unfortunately, was not investigated for various other legal and political reasons. What would be the cost, benefit and consequences of temporarily prolonging nuclear power operations in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania, thereby fundamentally strengthening the energy security of both these countries and the whole of Europe in this situation? In addition, faced with the conditions of a long-term and undefined economic crisis, this would allow resources to be used more efficiently and would greatly reduce the burden of the crisis on our residents and the business sector."@en1
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