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"Mr President, how can I sum up a year’s work in 60 seconds? That is obviously not possible, but there are some points I can make. I would like to thank and applaud the rapporteur and all colleagues who worked on the directive. Parliament has done an excellent piece of work here. The Danish Presidency deserves recognition. With strong opposition and powerful enemies, it was no simple matter. The result can be regarded as a success, because we do have at least something on the table. Without a directive, we would not have achieved even half of the intended objective.
Despite all of the enthusiasm and joy over what we have achieved, the current version of the directive is, above all, a missed opportunity. All of the main objectives, all of the binding objectives, were removed from the proposal by Member State governments, and instead ways were proposed of achieving the objectives contrary to the logic of the issue, despite the fact that Member States have varying heterogeneous conditions. This is what they wanted and what they pushed for here.
I speak with people a great deal, ladies and gentlemen, and I would like to take this opportunity to pass on to you one message from them. People are getting poorer, energy poverty is affecting increasing numbers, and they have had enough of this. We must do something to stop the anger boiling over."@en1
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