4 Amendments of Slavi BINEV related to 2014/0000(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the euro is the EU’s currency, all EU Member States meeting the convergence criteria must in principle, under the terms of their pre-accession agreements, adopt it, and there are derogations only for Denmark and the United Kingdom;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, although according to the last convergence report, in 2012, Lithuania did not meet all the convergence criteria for adoption of the euro, the Lithuanian Government and population have made major efforts in the meantime so as to meet allthe convergence criteria by the time of the 2014 winter forecast;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Lithuania is characterised byone of the countries with a high degree of energy dependence, being above all very dependent on Russia, and iand thus one of the Member States whose security of supply is mostparticularly at risk;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that dependence has been heightened by the fast-track decommissioning of two nuclear power plants, which was insisted on by the EU, resulting in a considerable increase in electricity generation from gas; considers that the decommissioning of nuclear power plants ought to be a gradual process so as to give the energy sector a chance of adjusting to the new situation;