3 Amendments of Harald VILIMSKY related to 2014/2153(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that energy policy must be an integralis part of the EU’s overall external policy, and that further efforts are needed to ensure better synergies between energy objectives and foreign policy; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) and the European External Action Service to coordinate closely the relevant foreign policy tools and instruments of the Member States and the EU institutions;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that, in view of the EU’s high dependence on energy imports and the current dominance of a single gas supplier, it is urgent to diversify energy supply sources and energy routes, taking account of an efficient energy policy to be coordinated among the Member States;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to build an Energy Union and calls for its rapid implementation; recalls that a fully-fledged Energy Union can only be achieved when energy and external policy go hand in hand; stresses, in particular, the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the international level and to develop a coherent energy diplomacy; invites the Commission to assessInvites the Commission to assess proportionate options for voluntary demand aggregation mechanisms that could increase the EU’s bargaining power;