5 Amendments of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2014/2153(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that the EU's energy policy should ensure the access to energy for all, contribute to affordable energy prices for the benefit of all consumers and strengthen public control and regulation in this sector; reiterates that the energy is a basic human need and therefore the EU should closely focus on the issue of energy poverty and promote measures to tackle this problem, which affected one in four EU citizens; reminds that this problem is likely to be aggravated in the coming years;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that it is important to put an end to any isolation of Member States and regions from European gas and electricity networks and is of the opinion that the EU should help those most vulnerable countries to diversify their sources and supply routes, as a matter of priority;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to adopt measures and set ambitious targets to increase energy efficiency as a priority, thus also tackling the problem of low competitiveness resulting from high energy prices; underlines the importance of fully implementing the measures provided for in existing legislation, namely the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to enforce the energy efficiency acquis rigorously and immediately;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CallUrges on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all indirect subsidies for fossil fuels and to make full use of funds for financing renewables, based on binding renewable targets;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the energy security and eventual self-sufficiency of the EU, can be primarily achieved by promoting energy savings and renewable energy, which will, together with other alternative sources of energy, such as biofuels, reduce import dependency. Notes that energy security must be achieved alongside with strict rules of environmental protection and demands on the Commission and the Member States to oppose the use of extraction of fossil fuels such as the hydraulic fracture or fracking; in particular the unconventional ones.