14 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication and underlines the importance ofPoints out that, when it adopted the communication, the Commission failed to strikinge the right balance between its different goals: energy security and affordability, an ambitious climate policy and the transition towards a more sustainable and low carbon economy, while guaranteeing the EU’s, since decarbonisation will have a number of negative effects on energy security and affordability and on the EU’s economic competitiveness;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the Energy Union to be based on the principles of solidarity and technological neutrality, under which Member States will be able to make use of energy sources that will give them energy security and allow them to maintain their economic competitiveness while strictly complying with environmental standards;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls, in this connection, for a thorough examination of the effect that attaining the long-term objective of decarbonising the EU economy by 2050 would have on the energy security of all Member States;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Criticises the fact that, in its communication, the Commission does not properly address the issue of the energy poverty affecting tens of millions of people in the Member States and offloads all responsibility for it on to the Member States and their energy pricing systems, failing to acknowledge the fact that systemic, EU-wide solutions are required in this area;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the agreement ofreached by the European Council in October 2014 on the ‘2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ comprises the commitment of an at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels, being the basis for developing the decarbonisation dimension of the Energy Union; and remains in force, irrespective of the Energy Union project; points out that, although the EU’s share of global greenhouse gas emissions is in fact steadily shrinking, this decision also constitutes anthe world’s most ambitious contribution to the international climate negotiations with a view to achieving a binding climate agreement in 2015, ;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to achieve a comprehensive and ambitious agreement at the UNFCCC COP 21 meeting in Paris that contains sound guarantees for limiting the temperature increase to 2°C Celsius at a maximum; believes there to be a danger of the world’s largest emitters failing to commit to cuts similar to the EU’s, thus resulting in an ‘asymmetrical’ agreement;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the key role of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a cost-effective tool to achieve the EU’s 2030 emission reduction target; in addition to the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), a structural post 2020 reform of the ETS should be implemented, to take into account the 2030 CO2 reduction target, and including as long as no comparable efforts are undertaken in other major economiesincluding tangible and more harmonised measures on carbon leakage to safeguard EU industry, by ensuring that there will be no additional direct and indirect ETS costs at the level of best performers and by taking into account changing production levels and, in as fair as manner as possible, emissions reductions achieved to date;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for new EU initiativesPoints to the potential in the non- ETS sectors, in particular in the transport and buildings sector to assist Member States in, for achieving their reduction targets; supports the introduction of an ambitious EU-level energy efficiency target for 2030 of at least 30%, that should be focused in particular on non-ETS sector, including by means of energy efficiency measures;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention in particular to the role of district heating and cooling systems in curbing the demand for energy;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underscores the need for more harmonised support schemes for renewables and more intra-EU trade infor a comprehensive approach to be taken to the issue of uncontrolled cross-border movements of renewable electricity,
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States - in order to trigger the much needed investments in the energy sector - to develop long term energy strategies and if possible among all stakeholders a ‘national energy pact’ in the light of the ‘Energy Roadmap 2050’ and the long-term target of 80-95% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2050;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reaffirms the EU’s and its Member States’ firm commitment to complete the single energy market, ensuring the strict application of the acquis and calls on the Commission to propose a mandatory 15% target of cross border interconnection infrastructure, in particular for renewable electricity, by 2025set realistic, geographically based targets for interconnection infrastructure, with a view to resolving the problem of energy islands as swiftly as possible;
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that Member States pool resources, in particular ETS revenues,issions allowances taken off the market and placed in the ETS market stability reserve should be used to support low-carbon innovation and industrial breakthroughs which is paramount for the EU to meet its climate goals.