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"Mr President, Prime Minister, Commissioner, the most typical response during a crisis is to dedicate all efforts to solving that particular crisis, leaving everything else aside. As we are well aware, during the past half-year – and not only during that time – the main focus in general and the main subject of discussions in the press has been the financial and economic crisis. The Danish Presidency has been greatly tempted to devote all its energy and all of its efforts to these matters only, leaving everything else that is also important to us aside. However, it has not done so. Here, I have to say hats off (particularly considering that it is a small country) for being able to simultaneously devote attention to, shall we say, the main problems that we have, while addressing many other issues as well. I will not speak about the many other issues. They have already been discussed by Mr Barroso and will still be discussed by others; I wish to focus on energy in particular.
Thinking about our interests in the future, it is, of course, very important that we are moving toward a single European energy policy. That will make our energy supply more secure, help reduce CO
emissions and – very importantly – help reduce our import dependence. Under the leadership of the Danish Presidency, matters connected with energy efficiency legislation have been addressed, as have matters connected with the legislation on energy supplies from third countries, on which we shall not be voting in this House, in Parliament, until September. With regard to this legislation on energy supply agreements with third countries, the Danish Presidency met with absolute resistance from the rest of the Council. Essentially, most of the Member States of the Council did not wish to adopt this legislation at all in any wording, and, thanks to the leadership of the Danish Presidency, a compromise solution has been achieved on which Parliament will be able to take a vote in September, bringing us one step closer to a common energy policy. Therefore, hats off and my thanks to the Danish Presidency, which has devoted energy and efforts not only to solving the economic crisis, but also to other issues that are important to us."@en1
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