Activities of Adam SZEJNFELD related to 2014/2153(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
European energy security strategy (A8-0164/2015 - Algirdas Saudargas) PL
European energy security strategy (debate) PL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Energy Security Strategy
Amendments (24)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in order to meet global energy challenges and implement its energy and climate change objectives, the EUthe challenges of developing a European energy security strategy, the European Union must also take common action on the international stage;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take due account, when taking further steps to enhance the EU's energy security, of the need for a diverse, balanced energy mix that includes all of the energy sources available in the Member States;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that energy is a basic human need; insists, therefore, that the EU’s energy security strategy should ensure affordable access to energy for all and should, meaning that EU energy policy should be correlated with the policy to promote economic growth in order to reduce poverty and exclusion; stresses that emphasis should also be placed on strengthening public control and regulation and fair competition in the energy market;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that, with a view to enhancing energy security, the EU should seek to make the best possible use of indigenous energy sources, including fossil fuels, given their relatively low production and transport costs and ease of storage;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for appropriate research and development funding to be made available under EU programmes for indigenous fossil fuel exploitation technologies that will substantially reduce the harmful atmospheric emissions generated by the burning of fossil fuels, in line with the EU’s climate and energy policy targets,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Points out that a key way of enhancing energy security is to ensure that the Member States have a diverse energy mix, achieved through the judicious inclusion of not only renewable energy sources but also nuclear power; believes that steps should be taken to cut renewable energy production costs, as this will allow public subsidies for the renewables sector to be significantly reduced and, at the same time, result in increasingly widespread use of renewables as an alternative to conventional energy sources;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that international trade plays a key role in energy security, and that strong energy partnerships, reinforced by energy chapters included in the EU’s trade agreements, are essential tools; considers it of key importance to reduce dependency on imported energy; given the importance of international agreements, particular attention in this regard should be paid to the negotiated provisions of the trade agreement between the European Union and the United States; considers it of key importance to reduce dependency on imported energy sources and energy, meaning that the European energy security strategy should also provide for appropriate use of domestic energy sources, including fossil fuels;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Underlines that the elimination of regulated energy pricing is a precondition for achieving a well-functioning energy market;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Urges the Commission and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to place more emphasis on combating the problem of transmission curtailments at national borders; maintains that a well-functioning internal energy market requires both the significant development of infrastructure, in particular cross-border transmission links, and the rigorous enforcement of existing capacity allocation rules;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Recalls the importance of setting ambitious goals for energy efficiency that involve reducing EU dependence on imported energy while augmenting jobs and growth; draws attention to the key importance of cogeneration, of cogeneration, i.e. generating heat and electricity in the most efficient way possible, by using a single technological process, with a view to both enhancing energy efficiency and reducing harmful atmospheric emissions through the simultaneous use of solid, liquid and gaseous energy sources;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Stresses the importance of Member States allocating adequate resources for the market surveillance of the energy efficiency of products, so as to ensure a level playing field for the industry while providing consumers with the information they need to make informed choices; calls for the EU and its Member States to implement long-term educational campaigns to raise public awareness of the various ways of reducing one’s energy consumption, instead of introducing a system of requirements, prohibitions and penalties forcing people to do so; n
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls for stronger attention to be paid to the emerging market for energy services (including energy performance contracting and energy service agreements); stresses the importance of developing standards for each element of the energy efficiency investment process;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Believes that an improved and more robust emissions trading scheme should ensure that the investments needed to achieve the EU’s long-term energy and climate objectives are obtained, while remaining consistent with the economic competitiveness objectives of the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation on the information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with third countries in the field of energy, in order to increase transparency and bundle their negotiating power vis-à-vis third countries, in accordance with the Commission’s strategy of constructing an energy union; believes that, in this context, consideration should be given to the possibility of the Member States introducing a collective purchasing mechanism for energy sources in the future;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that the energy security strategy should strive to alleviate tensions between countries and reduce market inefficiencies, both of which factors counteract the benefits of trade; stresses the need to promote democratic global governance structures for energy and raw materialstreamline market mechanisms in order to effectively build a global energy market and bring trade benefits to all its participants;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the EU should help the most vulnerable countries diversify their sources and supply routes, including reverse flows, with an emphasiswith particular emphasis on the use of domestic energy sources, including fossil fuels, the promotion onf renewable energies and related storage facilities, in order to increase energy efficiency worldwide, and should help eradicate energy poverty, contribute to global sustainable development and support the global effort to tackle climate changes and nuclear power and the development of the storage and transmission infrastructure, in particular cross-border interconnections and reverse flows;considers it equally important to take steps to develop new technologies for producing energy from different sources and to increase energy efficiency, including by promoting cogeneration;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers export opportunities for EU private and public companies in clean, secure and efficient energy technologies particularly important, especially as are increasing the light of the growing global energy demandMember States’ investment in research and development and applying new energy technologies; calls for significant tariff reductions on these technologies within the Green Goods initiative.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7