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Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Krzysztof Jurgiel
Political group: ECR
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Wysoka Izbo! Rozpatrywane rozporządzenie jest kluczowe z punktu widzenia finansowania projektów infrastrukturalnych o istotnym znaczeniu transgranicznym. Budżet to, przypomnę, 6 mld euro. Niestety rozporządzenie nie przewiduje już możliwości finansowania projektów gazowych.  W związku z wojną na Ukrainie Polska w swojej polityce energetycznej do 2040 r. wprowadza IV filar suwerenności energetycznej, którego najważniejszym celem jest szybkie uniezależnienie krajowej gospodarki od importowanych paliw kopalnych i pochodnych z Rosji. Uważam, iż inwestycje z krytyczną infrastrukturą gazową wspierające cel uniezależnienia się Europy od gazu z Rosji powinny być nadal wspierane poprzez utworzenie przeznaczonych do tego alternatywnych instrumentów.  Popieram też utworzenie specjalnej kategorii oraz możliwości finansowania dla inteligentnych sieci gazowych, a w szczególności możliwości wsparcia i modernizacji istniejących sieci infrastruktury gazu ziemnego.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mislav Kolakušić
Political group: NI
Country: Greece
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, poštovani kolege, poštovani građani, suvremeni svijet i gospodarstvo ne mogu postojati bez konstantne opskrbe energijom. Nažalost, u prošlosti smo bili svjedoci izrazitih manipulacija cijenom nafte.  Sad ću vam pročitati kako se kretala cijena nafte proteklih četrdeset godina. Cijena barela, dakle cijene su svedene na 2015. godinu, cijena barela 1980. godine – 103 dolara, 1990. – 37 dolara, 1998. – možete li to zamisliti, 17 dolara i 70 centi, 2008. – 103 dolara i 70 centi, 2015. – 51 dolar.  Ono što sada slijedi je da ne dopustimo takve igre i takve kalkulacije s energentima budućnosti. Hvala.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, aș vrea să mulțumesc, să felicit echipa de negocieri a Parlamentului European condusă de profesorul Krasnodębski și să mulțumesc, de asemenea, Consiliului. Ca președinte ITRE, am condus câteva dintre trilogurile de negociere și știu că nu a fost simplu să se găsească un echilibru. În final, însă, noua legislație aduce un echilibru între atingerea țintei climatice stabilită pentru 2030 și realizarea tranziției energetice pentru toate sectoarele. Este important că s-a înțeles nevoia de a susține în continuare coridoare prioritare pentru a acoperi diferite regiuni geografice care au fost izolate de restul rețelelor energetice europene, de a consolida interconexiunile transfrontaliere existente și de a asigura securitatea aprovizionării, de a sprijini diversificarea aprovizionării, foarte important în contextul actualului război declanșat de către Rusia, dar și pentru stabilizarea prețurilor la energie. Așteptăm cu interes cea de-a șasea listă a proiectelor de interes comun și vrem să vedem în această listă proiectele moderne care să asigure
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Nicolás González Casares
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señor presidente, no habrá un verdadero mercado único europeo de la energía sin interconexiones. No sacaremos provecho de las renovables si no interconectamos e integramos las redes eléctricas.  Estamos viviendo ahora los errores del pasado. Apostamos por los fósiles, los cuales están siendo un arma de guerra, y eso aumenta nuestra dependencia energética y, de paso, los precios que pagan los consumidores.  El informe del GIECC fue claro ayer: más renovables, menos fósiles. Los fondos son limitados y debemos orientar nuestras inversiones a elementos compatibles con la neutralidad climática. Centrémonos en lo mejor de esta legislación: el despliegue y la integración de las tecnologías renovables con las nuevas disposiciones para la energía en alta mar, el proceso de gobernanza más inclusivo, la aplicación del principio de eficiencia energética y el fomento de infraestructuras solo compatibles con hidrógeno cuando transportemos gas.  Para alcanzar una verdadera unión de la energía, debemos enfocarnos en resolver los cuellos de botella que tenemos, como en la península ibérica con las islas. No podemos seguir así. Eso no es un verdadero mercado europeo de la energía.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Valter Flego
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, pogledamo li, kolegice i kolege, malo unatrag onda vidimo da su ustvari europski temelji zasnovani na energiji. Možemo pričati o Europskoj zajednici za ugljen i čelik pa onda Europskoj zajednici za atomsku energiju i tako dalje. Ali, danas je Europa ovisnija o ruskim energentima nego ikada prije. I postavlja se, naravno, glavno pitanje: može li Europa preživjeti bez ruskog plina? Jasno je da europska ekonomija bez plina ne može, ali ono što može je minimalizirati svoju ovisnost o ruskom plinu.  Od 24.2. do danas, svjedočimo tektonskim poremećajima u europskoj energetici. Promjene koje će sigurno ubrzati naš zeleni plan, bolju međusobnu povezanost, ali i regionalnu suradnju u našoj bliskoj budućnosti. I ne možemo preko noći, naravno, riješiti nešto što nismo uspjeli riješiti desetljećima. I zato osim ušteda, poštovane dame i gospodo, i novih pravaca, treba nam financijski fond koji će ublažiti financijski udar na europsku ekonomiju i građane.  Ljudi, pomognimo svima nama, gospodarstvu i građanima kratkoročno, a razmišljajmo i djelujmo dugoročno i zeleno. Hvala.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Jerzy Buzek
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Dziękuję panu sprawozdawcy prof. Krasnodębskiemu i innym sprawozdawcom. To sprawozdanie trzeba przyjąć jako wynik kompromisu i na dzisiaj jest ono absolutnie do zaakceptowania. Pamiętajmy: nas czeka zielony wodór. To jest najważniejsze. Energetyka ze źródeł odnawialnych, Europejski Zielony Ład to nasze cele. Ale mamy dzisiaj także inny cel ‒ dramatyczny, którego nie przewidzieliśmy ‒ natychmiast odciąć się od paliw kopalnych z Rosji. A to wymaga jednak przejściowo innego nastawienia naszych działań. Pamiętajmy o tym. Dodatkowo wnoszę do Komisji Europejskiej o przygotowanie ‒ jak najszybciej po to, żebyśmy mogli budować wspólny rynek, żebyśmy mieli bezpieczeństwo dostaw i niższe opłaty za energię ‒ listy brakujących magazynów gazu, brakujących terminali gazu płynnego, interkonektorów między krajami. Musimy też mieć uproszczone procedury przy inwestycjach w tym przypadku, wsparcie finansowe z Unii i jasny sygnał dla producentów statków wożących płynny metan. Proszę państwa, my musimy zapewnić bezpieczeństwo dostaw na dzisiaj i odciąć się od paliw z Rosji! Zielony Ład to jest nasza wielka przyszłość i nigdy o niej nie zapomnimy.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Robert Hajšel
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Mr President, dear colleagues, TEN-E is a key to connect our energy infrastructure within the EU. Without robust investments into infrastructure and interconnections between Member States it will not be effectively possible to decarbonise our economy and achieve our climate and energy goals, nor decrease our dependency and increase our autonomy. If Europe wants to decrease or even cut off dependency on Russian gas and strengthen its energy security, then cross-border energy infrastructure is crucial. As a reaction to war in Ukraine, Commission has to assess new infrastructure needs, which will be carried outside the scope of the TEN-E Regulation. In this context, I welcome the REPowerEU plan of the Commission to urgently reduce EU demand for Russian gas, including measures to respond to rising energy prices, replenish gas stocks for next winter, diversify gas supplies, and above all speed up the rollout of the renewables. We should not forget about the countries like mine, Slovakia, that have worse conditions for renewables such as photovoltaic or wind energy. If we want to increase our autonomy, we need solidarity within the Member States and infrastructure to distribute green energy and ensure no one is left behind.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Klemen Grošelj
Political group: Renew
Country: Hungary
Language: SL

Pri tem pa moramo zagotoviti, da bo ta energija bila cenovno konkurenčna za industrijo in gospodinjstva dostopna. Ključnega pomena seveda so tako imenovani projekti skupnega pomena oziroma PC-ji. Ti morajo biti usmerjeni k uresničevanju zastavljenih podnebnih ciljev kot tudi zanesljivi oskrbi.  Nikakor pa v tem okviru ne moremo dopustiti, da postanejo tako imenovane interkonekcije, ki jih danes potrebujemo kratkoročno zaradi zagotavljanja energetske varnosti, ne smemo dovoliti, da postanejo niti izgovor niti opravičilo za nespoštovanje podnebnih in trajnostnih ciljev, ki smo si jih zastavili.  To pomeni, da moramo v teh projektih, ki šele nastajajo, biti tehnično merjeni tako, da bomo z mislijo na njihovo prilagoditev novim okoljsko sprejemljivejšim virom energije.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Madam President, across Europe we are horrified by the barbaric, inhumane war crimes carried out on innocent civilians by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army.  The EU has to do all it can to help Ukrainians defend themselves, and must also take action to stop funding Putin’s war machine. And this means fundamentally rethinking our energy policy. The revision of the trans-European network for energy (TEN-E Regulation) offers an important opportunity for the EU to give priority and funding to future-proof Europe’s energy infrastructure in a cost-effective manner in line with the Green Deal. Our future lies in renewable generation. And urgent priority should be given to projects that are directly in line with the full decarbonisation objective. However, cost-effective transitions to decarbonisation must also be considered, including LNG. This is more important now than ever.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Tomas Tobé
Political group: PPE
Country: Estonia
Language: EN

Madam President, the past months have shown the importance of a strong, resilient and crisis—resistant energy market. The TEN-E Regulation, I would say, is actually the foundation for that. Enhanced European connectivity will make Europe less dependent on third countries, and most importantly, on Russian gas and oil. This agreement shows that Europe has strong cooperation among Member States for more renewables. Europe will, with this agreement, promote and invest in clean energy that will be crucial for Europe to reach our climate goals. However, in the next revision, I would wish for Europe to also value the need for low—carbon nuclear and include financing for small modular reactors in TEN-E. This will be needed for our energy, for our climate, and for our European security.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Radan Kanev
Political group: PPE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, I think we need a certain degree of moderation and common sense in this debate. And I am listening to the debate for a full hour now. And I’m afraid I heard too many reasonable, clever, but far too extreme opinions. Of course we need more renewables, of course we need smarter grids, and of course we need it as fast as we can. But cutting off the Kremlin butcher’s gas supply, we need to do now – today, not in five years, not in three years, not even in six months. And this we cannot do without providing interconnections of our gas supply, without providing alternative sources. And when we say alternative sources, it cannot be a new dependency, because when you have alternatives, it means you don’t have dependencies. And in my country, we have 100% gas dependency on the butcher there in Kremlin.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Michal Wiezik
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca, energetická infraštruktúra Európy, tak, ako ukazuje klimatická kríza a ako ukazuje strašná vojna na Ukrajine, už dávno nie je len o prepojenosti a má to byť infraštruktúra, ktorá nám dovolí a umožní naplniť naše klimatické ciele a zaručí nám bezpečnosť. To, čo destabilizuje našu klímu, to, čo ohrozuje našu bezpečnosť a v konečnom dôsledku ohrozuje našu budúcnosť a prežitie, sú fosílne zdroje a táto infraštruktúra nám musí umožniť odpútať sa od fosílnych zdrojov. Čo ale vidíme je obrovský balík pripravený na budovanie ďalšej plynovej infraštruktúry. Napojenie Cypru a Malty na našu plynovú infraštruktúru nebude projekt ani lacný, ani ľahký a bude trvať dlho, dokým ho dobudujeme. Už teraz sa bojím toho momentu, keď bude dobudovaný a uvidíme, aký je zbytočný, aké zbytočné a drahé úsilie to bolo. Prosím, takto navrhnutý rámec má v sebe zakomponovanú systémovú chybu a ja ho momentálne podporiť nechcem a nemôžem.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Niklas Nienaß
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Wir müssen unabhängig werden von russischem Gas und dafür natürlich unsere Importe diversifizieren. Aber wir müssen uns doch im gleichen Zuge nicht sofort wieder abhängig von den nächsten Diktaturen machen. Und das tun wir, wenn wir zu sehr in Infrastruktur investieren, mit der wir manifestieren, dass wir in Zukunft noch fossile Brennstoffe benötigen. Stattdessen müssen wir unbedingt die Erneuerbaren ausbauen. Aber dafür brauchen wir Interkonnektoren, und wir brauchen einen europäischen Energiemarkt, vor allen Dingen für den Strombereich. Da muss man, finde ich, auch mal Ross und Reiter benennen. Frankreich blockiert in den Pyrenäen ganz vehement den Zugang für die Iberische Halbinsel auf den europäischen Energiemarkt. Und warum? Doch nur, um die eigene gescheiterte Atompolitik voranzutreiben. Ich finde das extrem uneuropäisch von einem Präsidenten, der gerne das Geld seiner Bevölkerung in die Atommeiler versenken kann, aber doch nicht von ganz Europa verlangen kann, nun den Ausbau von Erneuerbaren zu blockieren. Stattdessen muss der Präsident von Frankreich und vor allem die Kommission darauf hinarbeiten, dass Frankreich endlich diese Interkonnektoren ermöglicht und wir einen wirklichen europäischen Energiemarkt bekommen und so Unabhängigkeit gewinnen und vor allen Dingen die Ukraine im Krieg unterstützen können.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the revision of the trans-European Network Energy Regulation could have a huge impact on the EU’s chances of achieving its climate goals. The revision of the regulation appears to have got to grips with the conflict of interest in the current TEN-E process, where gas demand has been consistently overestimated by the European network of transmission system operators for gas. This remarkable conflict of interest means that the gas companies that build the gas infrastructure are the same companies that propose the projects. However, the revision fails to exclude financial support in the form of subsidies for fossil fuel gas infrastructure and political support in the form of planning permissions. Europe’s still providing over EUR 112 billion a year towards the fossil fuel industry. We need a fossil fuel gas phase—out in Europe by 2035 at the latest. And we need an immediate end to fossil fuel gas subsidies. We are in breach of the Paris Agreement at the moment because we’re supposed to make finances work for the climate. We also need to make sure that public funding is available to support people and companies to move away from fossil gas.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

Your vote for the revised TEN-E implementation will be part of this solution. It will allow us to focus on accelerating the offshore grids and replace natural gas by hydrogen and other renewable and low—carbon gases. So thank you very much for this debate. I will also pass all your interventions and messages to my dear colleague, Commissioner Simson.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Country: Greece
Language: PL

Natomiast chciałem powiedzieć jedno słowo do kolegów z grupy Zielonych. Otóż Państwo teraz współrządzą w jednym z najważniejszych krajów Unii, z największą gospodarką. Mogą Państwo natychmiast wprowadzić embargo na ropę i gaz z Rosji, i jakoś tego nie widzimy. Nie widzimy tej pryncypialności tak tutaj zademonstrowanej na tej sali, jeżeli chodzi o inne kwestie. Akurat w tej sprawie nie są Państwo tak zdecydowani. Też można spytać: Czy to dlatego, że chodzi o interesy innych krajów, o ich położenie, o sprawy Europy czy też właśnie tylko o własny kraj? No, jeżeli tutaj padł też głos, że Sycylia może już zaopatrywać się tylko ze źródeł odnawialnych, to proszę spróbować zrobić to tam, gdzie Państwo współrządzą, mianowicie w Niemczech. Zobaczymy, z jakim efektem.
Debate: Trans-European energy infrastructure
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: András Gyürk
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: HU

A felülvizsgált szabályozás egy jó kompromisszumot jelent, amiért köszönet illeti Krasnodębski jelentéstevő urat. Nem szabad engednünk azoknak a felelőtlen javaslatoknak, melyek különféle ideológiai megfontolásokból veszélybe sodornák Európa energiaellátását. Meg kell őriznünk társadalmaink és gazdaságaink működőképességét, amihez józan és kiegyensúlyozott szabályozásra is szükség van.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget – Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Evelyn Regner
Country: Netherlands
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Nicolae Ştefănuță im Namen des Haushaltsausschusses über die allgemeinen Leitlinien für die Vorbereitung des Haushaltsplans 2023, Einzelplan III – Kommission ( Ich erinnere Sie daran, dass mit Ausnahme der ersten beiden Reihen, die für die Fraktionsvorsitzenden vorgesehen sind, freie Sitzplatzwahl besteht. Nachdem Sie ihre Abstimmungskarte in das Abstimmungsgerät eingeschoben haben, können Sie dann über Ihr Abstimmungsgerät spontane Wortmeldungen und blaue Karten beantragen. Ich weise Sie auch darauf hin, dass Wortmeldungen im Plenarsaal weiterhin vom zentralen Rednerpult aus erfolgen, außer spontanen Wortmeldungen, blauen Karten und Bemerkungen zur Anwendung der Geschäftsordnung.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget – Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Johannes Hahn
Language: EN

We are more than a month into the Russian war against Ukraine. What we see in the news every day is a human tragedy beyond any description. The direct consequences are large and we see unprecedented streams of refugees seeking safety in the Union and the potential economic downturn on the global scale. This will inevitably influence our work, including the implementation of the current budget and preparation of next year’s budget. High inflation and persistent uncertainty and risk mean that we all must remain vigilant and cautious.  Next year’s budget comes at a very challenging time for the Union. The Russian military aggression in Ukraine represents a massive challenge and its evolution is impossible to predict. We cannot commit all our budgetary resources at this stage. We need to keep flexibilities in reserve to continue to react to changing circumstances.  At the same time, we must ensure adequate resources for existing priorities, to continue work on long-term projects, notably the recovery from the pandemic and the green and digital transitions. We need to see how we can further accelerate these priorities.  Against this background, we should collectively see to what extent we can concentrate on a limited number of issues where there can be a real impact. This and next year, more than ever, we need to avoid diluting our budgetary impact by pursuing limited reinforcements across many budget lines. I can assure you that the Commission will try to focus the draft budget on the most effective and efficient use of our definitely limited resources.  Inflation is currently very high and it’s an open question how quickly it will return to more normal levels. This will affect overall salary related expenditure, other indexed expenditure, such as rent, as well as energy bills, both in 2022 and also next year. This will have a major impact on heading 7, where resources are already quite limited.  I would therefore urge all institutions to exercise restraint and where new challenges emerge, like on cybersecurity, to look at possibilities for further interinstitutional cooperation.  Let me now turn to our next steps. In the first trilogue last week, we agreed on the calendar for the budgetary procedure for the financial year 2023. The Commission aims to adopt the Commission’s statement of estimates at the beginning of June and deliver the full draft budget in all language versions at the beginning of July.  Today’s debate should increase our mutual understanding and facilitate progress towards a common approach. In this difficult and unprecedented geopolitical situation we need to maintain our flexibility to respond to new developments. Our three institutions succeeded over the past years in agreeing on many groundbreaking files that have changed the Union’s budgetary and financial landscape. So I trust that with cooperation, dialogue and a real ability to compromise, and mutual understanding we will reach a timely agreement on next year’s budget.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget – Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Christian Ehler
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Wir brauchen Technologie, wir brauchen Innovationen, um die Transformationsleistung für die Energiewende zu bewältigen, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Europa zu erhalten. Und mehr und mehr werden neue Projekte – sei es die Mikrochip-Initiative (begrüßenswert) oder das Satelliten-Thema – wichtig: die Themen des Übergangs im Energiebereich. Aber das sind alles Themen, die nicht ausfinanziert sind. Und unsere Sorge ist, dass wir weiterhin zum Steinbruch der Ambitionen werden. Und ich möchte noch einmal deutlich sagen: Wir werden darauf bestehen, dass wir ohne eine Zusage der Aufhebung von Mittelbindungen und ohne eine Zusage,
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget – Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Vlad Gheorghe
Country: Spain
Language: RO

După 40 de zile de masacre și distrugeri la Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, sper că suntem cu toții de acord cu un singur lucru: cei care le-au comis trebuie să plătească! De aceea, am propus crearea Fondului pentru reconstrucția Ucrainei finanțat din bunurile regimului Putin și ale oligarhilor înghețate în toate statele membre. Vă rog să susțineți acest fond. Vă rog să adoptăm urgent măsurile necesare pentru independența noastră energetică totală, pentru autonomia alimentară și securitatea cetățenilor noștri. Așa cum consolidăm și obiectivele Uniunii de mediu, infrastructura de transport, de sănătate și de educație, consolidăm justiția și respectarea statului de drept în toate statele membre. Bugetul Uniunii Europene trebuie să conțină ajutor suplimentar pentru Republica Moldova, pentru România și pentru toate țările care primesc și integrează cetățenii europeni pe teritoriul lor.