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"An adequate, reliable and effective energy infrastructure is a vital precondition for implementing the EU’s entire economic strategy. That is why it is good that Parliament should clearly express its view today, giving its support and making proposals for improvements both to the Commission and for the Member States’ information.
Key factors in the EU’s future energy strategies will be: responding to climate change, strengthening the security of supply of energy and energy independence, and cutting overall consumption of energy, and all this calls for effective preparations right now. That is why it was an easy decision to vote in favour of the report, even if there is still some way to go from all the fine words to getting things done.
Unfortunately, at present the situation is not actually very good: the EU is paying a high price for an antiquated, poorly interconnected energy infrastructure – in many different ways. The recent disruptions to the gas supply reminded us of this, being an example of how there is no option for reverse flows. In the longer term too, the target for cutting the EU’s carbon dioxide emissions will create a need for development, because there will be a dramatic increase in the use of electricity and growing pressures on large-scale energy storage and transmission. In the same way, the development of renewable energy sources will require heavy investment in smart, efficient and competitive energy networks, so that we may avoid interruptions in supply and unnecessary losses."@en1
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