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Debate: Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Didier Reynders
Language: FR

Mais permettez-moi tout d’abord de répéter, une fois de plus, que toute tentative d’accéder illégalement aux données privées est inacceptable, en ce compris lorsqu’elle est le fait d’autorités publiques, y compris des services de renseignement. L’Union dispose déjà d’un acquis juridique solide pour protéger la vie privée, nous devons veiller à ce que cet acquis soit mis en œuvre et appliqué dans tous les États membres. Il existe en droit européen une exception de sécurité nationale qui permet d’écarter, le cas échéant, l’application des règles européennes. Mais le recours à cette exception doit être justifié dans chaque cas concret, notamment au regard du principe de nécessité et de proportionnalité. Ceci doit pouvoir faire l’objet d’un contrôle de la part des parlements nationaux, mais aussi des autorités indépendantes de protection des données et d’autorités judiciaires nationales. Nous condamnons l’utilisation illégale de logiciels espions, mais les faits doivent d’abord être établis et qualifiés par la justice. La Commission n’a pas accès aux dossiers individuels. La défense de l’état de droit passe avant tout par une justice indépendante, qualifiée et efficiente, et nous comptons sur les autorités nationales pour enquêter sur les cas qui ont été révélés et sur les allégations qui ont été faites et pour restaurer la confiance des citoyens. Nous attendons des autorités nationales, et c’est le cas en Grèce, qu’elles nous informent complètement sur les investigations entreprises et sur les suites réservées, y compris par les autorités judiciaires. Et je voudrais rappeler qu’à l’échelon européen, nous devons, pour notre part, continuer à renforcer nos outils de protection de la vie privée, comme notamment la directive vie privée et communications électroniques. J’espère que les trilogues pourront progresser sur ce point.
Debate: Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Mikuláš Bek
Language: EN

Judging from today’s discussion, there is no doubt that Parliament is equally committed to ensuring the protection of the rule of law and the privacy of our citizens. Concerning the Pegasus scandal and the questions that were sent by the PEGA Committee of Inquiry, as raised by Mr Lenaers, we welcome the activities of the Committee of Inquiry concerning this important issue. The Member States received a questionnaire from the European Parliament that touches the heart of national competencies and their domestic situation. Just to be precise, these questions were addressed to individual Member States. That being said, there is indeed a discussion underway in the Council at a technical level regarding the possibility of a common reaction to the PEGA questionnaire. In addition, of course, Member States can continue sending the PEGA Committee their individual replies. The European Parliament will be informed as soon as possible in the coming weeks. The Czech presidency will, for its part, continue its efforts to bolster our capacity to protect our citizens better from any attacks on their fundamental rights. As I mentioned before, our agreement on the NIS2 Directive is a concrete example of what we can do together to achieve a higher level of cybersecurity in the EU. We also look forward to important proposals that the European Commission is going to present this week: the European Cyber Resilience Act and the Media Freedom Act, as Commissioner Reynders mentioned. We stand ready to continue this cooperation to discuss and advance on other proposals to further protect the fundamental rights of our citizens and the resilience of our democracies.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Niels Fuglsang im Namen des Ausschusses für Industrie, Forschung und Energie über den Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Energieeffizienz (Neufassung) (
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Niels Fuglsang
Country: Italy
Language: EN

What can we do about it? Well, for years, some of us have been saying that the safest, cleanest and cheapest energy is that which you don’t use. Today, this is truer than ever, but Europe has been sleeping at the wheel. Yes, there have been EU—wide energy—saving goals for the past decade, but they have been voluntary and with mixed results at best. Investment in energy efficiency increased, but energy use fell by only 4% between 2010 and 2019. Without realising, this continent has been cruising on autopilot into deeper and deeper dependency on imported energy. Now we have the crisis, and governments are acting. They are increasing efforts to ramp up renewables and energy efficiency. At a dramatic speed, they’re rolling out urgent energy—saving plans. These policies are needed. These policies can address the immediate challenges of price spikes and inflation and import dependency. But what about the longer term? What will happen next? Well, that is up to us, my friends. We have the opportunity now to set a straight way out of energy dependency, creating a solid way of getting rid of Putin’s natural gas well before 2030, because this is what an ambitious energy efficiency directive can deliver. I believe that we have such an agreement on the table this week that we can adopt: a directive setting a 40% target for energy efficiency in 2030 compared to the 2017 baseline scenario, a target which will be binding for both the EU as a whole and for the individual Member States. To deliver on these ambitious targets, the negotiating team have strengthened the directive in many aspects. Let me outline some of the core issues. We have yearly energy savings on 2%, raising the energy—savings obligation from the Commission’s 1.5% proposal. We have two milestones: in 2025 and 2027, measuring our way towards 2030, so we can see if we are on track and if we’re not, we’d better act on it. We have agreed on a 3% renovation rate for public buildings. We have an agreement to prioritise the people who suffer from energy poverty, as they are the ones that need energy—efficiency measures the most because they have the hardest economic situation. We’ve strengthened the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, creating more comprehensive governance, and we have agreed that all municipalities with more than 35 000 inhabitants need to make heating and cooling plans to get the most efficient solutions. Furthermore, we have agreed on energy—efficiency schemes for datacentres, making sure that they don’t waste the heat but use it to warm up buildings. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have an ambitious text on the table. I look forward to the debate here tonight. I look forward to hearing from the negotiating team that I have negotiated with because they are the ones that are making the difference.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Kadri Simson
Language: EN

At the same time, we have seen images of extreme weather affecting our lives and stressing our energy system, and this keeps repeating over and over again. Both of these developments need a response and action that is even more robust than before. Energy savings are the quickest and cheapest way to address the current energy crisis. This is key, as high energy costs are hitting our vulnerable consumers and businesses most.  Saving energy directly reduces our energy bills and makes our economy more resilient. Energy efficiency means saving on energy prices, investment costs and system costs. But it needs to be done right – e.g. will complement the urgent action we are taking to reduce gas consumption in view of our REPowerEU goals, just like we already see with our ‘Save gas for a safe winter’ plan.  As you know, electricity demand reduction will be the starting point of the emergency intervention that we are currently finalising. Beyond this winter, structural change at the very foundation of how we use energy every day will help end our dependence on Russian fossil fuels faster and protect our economy.  In this way, energy efficiency is a strategic tool to strengthen and safeguard our energy system. Given its importance, I want to thank the rapporteur, Nils Fuglsang, and his colleagues from the ITRE Committee for the important progress made on the proposal. You have shown a true commitment to pushing for the highest ambition in many of the provisions to effectively alleviate energy poverty.  On the way forward, I would stress the importance of a robust and effective EEG, otherwise we risk undermining its impact, in particular when it comes to the provisions on public buildings and innovation and stopping support to fossil fuel technologies. I hope that we can stick to the spirit of the proposal. The current crisis and the challenging winter ahead will remain a constant reminder of the importance of our joint effort on this proposal, with a collective, constructive mind—set.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Ville Niinistö
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Every additional base percent of improved energy efficiency allows us to cut gas imports by 2.4% and oil imports by 3.5%. So, the compromise text voted on Wednesday is in many respects, and in this regard, an improvement over the Commission’s proposal, which already was on the right path. Parliament should give a very strong mandate to negotiate with the Council and improve the proposal.  We also urge the Commission to stand with Parliament in the negotiations and to embrace a forward—looking and not backward—looking position. We have to make sure that all Member States are on board, that there is enough binding us into the targets and into the milestones. Against the backdrop of the current energy crisis and the climate emergency, energy and increased energy efficiency are key to keeping everyone on board.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Tom Berendsen
Country: Netherlands
Language: NL

En zelfs nu – nu we zien dat de rekeningen voor huishoudens en bedrijven niet meer te betalen zijn – draaien regeringsleiders nog steeds om elkaar heen zonder te komen tot harde afspraken op het gebied van energiebesparing. En dit terwijl efficiënter omgaan met energie echt een vanzelfsprekende keuze is: voor de energierekeningen van huishoudens en bedrijven, want ieder kWh dat we niet gebruiken is goedkoop, voor het verminderen van onze afhankelijkheid van Rusland, want iedere euro die we besparen komt niet in de oorlogskas van Poetin terecht, en voor het klimaat, want de schoonste energie – zoals heel veel van mijn collega's in dit debat zullen zeggen – is de energie die we niet hoeven op te wekken. Daarom denk ik dat de wens van het Europees Parlement om de energie-efficiëntiedoelstelling te verhogen, goed is. Ik hoop dat de Raad zich daar snel bij zal aansluiten.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Diana Riba i Giner
Country: France
Language: ES

Sabemos que las mujeres, y en particular aquellas que experimentan discriminaciones interseccionales, ya sea por motivo de origen, de raza, de religión o de estatus social, tienen mayor probabilidad que los hombres de vivir en la pobreza energética, por lo que es importante que las medidas de mejora de la eficiencia energética, a su vez, ayuden a empoderar y a proteger a los hogares de bajos ingresos y a las personas más vulnerables. Recordemos: una transición justa e inclusiva hacia una Unión climáticamente neutra solo es posible si tenemos en cuenta el impacto que el cambio climático tiene sobre las desigualdades.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Pernille Weiss
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: DA

Vi har lavet en bred aftale, og vi har lagt arm de rigtige steder, så vi nu står med høje ambitioner, masser af værktøjer og al den fleksibilitet, det kun er rimeligt at stille til rådighed, når vi samtidigt også siger til landene, at nu gælder nationalt bindende målsætninger, så ikke noget som helst land kan gemme sig bag andre, sådan at nogle af landene skal trække et større læs end de fleste. Det er det bedste ved vores aftale, og det vil jeg gerne, på vegne af i EPP-Gruppen, takke for. Og jeg ser frem til en hurtig og effektiv forhandling med Rådet.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Mohammed Chahim
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: NL

De energie-efficiëntierichtlijn is goed, maar de uitvoering loopt achter. Ik spreek veel met mensen die hun woning willen verduurzamen, maar vaak blijft dit hangen door een gebrek aan geld of kennis en door ingewikkelde subsidiemaatregelen. Alles valt of staat bij de uitvoering door de lidstaten.  Neem barrières weg en maak het makkelijk. Soms is het makkelijker dan je denkt. Neem nou dit ledlampje. Het lijkt op een gloeilamp maar het is een ledlamp. Als we alle lampen in Europa vervangen door leds, dan besparen we 65 miljard euro op onze energierekening. Daarmee besparen we evenveel energie als we nu met 500 kolencentrales opwekken. 500 kolencentrales! En toch krijgt dit niet de aandacht die het verdient.  Er is nog veel winst te behalen, zeker nu de energierekening enorm drukt op de uitgaven van de Europese burgers.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Nicola Danti
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Il testo che approveremo nei prossimi giorni ci consegna ambizione e concretezza, senza cedimenti a ideologie e a manifesti politici. Gestire la transizione vuol dire scegliere obiettivi realizzabili. Abbiamo allora deciso di aumentare il  La situazione attuale ci impone di stringere i tempi sapendo che l'energia meno costosa che tutela più l'ambiente e che ci rende meno dipendenti da terzi è quella che non consumiamo.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Jutta Paulus
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Portugal
Language: DE

Die traurige Wahrheit ist aber: Das stimmt nicht. Und deswegen kämpfen wir Grüne für eine verbindliche und ambitionierte Energieeffizienz-Richtlinie. Ich möchte dem ganzen Verhandlungsteam für einen starken Kompromisstext danken, den wir Grüne vollumfänglich unterstützen werden. Wir werden diese Woche auch die Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie diskutieren, und viele haben Zweifel geäußert, ob denn ein höheres Ziel für erneuerbare Energien überhaupt erreichbar ist. Ich sage Ihnen heute: Ja, das ist es. Denn wenn wir bei Effizienz jetzt den Turbo einlegen, werden wir viel weniger Gas, Kohle und Öl ersetzen müssen. Wir brauchen viel weniger Windmühlen und Solarparks. Unsere Bürgerinnen und Bürger sparen bares Geld. Wir erreichen unsere Erneuerbaren-Ziele und unsere Klimaziele. Und Effizienz ist auch der Weg raus aus der fossilen Abhängigkeit. Warum wohl hat Putin in seinen Strategiepapieren Energieeffizienz als Bedrohung für die russische Wirtschaft bezeichnet? Lasst uns ihm zeigen, wie diese Bedrohung aussieht. Und letzter Punkt: Hier wende ich mich direkt an die Kommission. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass Energieeffizienz und nicht nur eine vage Reduzierung der Energienachfrage im Mittelpunkt jeder Maßnahme steht, die Sie zur Bewältigung dieser Krise vorschlagen. Ich fordere, dass Sie die Übergewinne der fossilen Energieunternehmen abschöpfen und in erster Linie in die Energieeffizienz investieren. Denn wir müssen jetzt handeln.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Isabella Tovaglieri
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Se vogliamo veramente che nessuno resti indietro, dobbiamo guardare oltre il mero risparmio energetico e mettere mano a soluzioni pragmatiche che per anni l'ideologia  Spero che questo dibattito aiuti a rilanciare senza ideologie soluzioni rapide e praticabili per tutelare imprese e famiglie in vista di questo inverno. I nostri cittadini non possono più attendere.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Grzegorz Tobiszowski
Political group: ECR
Country: Finland
Language: PL

Zaproponowane zmiany kryteriów wysokosprawnej kogeneracji oraz wskaźnik emisyjności produkcji dla tejże kogeneracji oznaczają w praktyce, iż większość instalacji kogeneracyjnych w moim kraju, działających zarówno na gazie, jak i na węglu, utraciłaby status efektywnych systemów, co wiązałoby się z utratą niezbędnego wsparcia na rozbudowę i modernizację. Sektor ciepłowniczy i przemysł wykorzystujący wysokosprawną kogenerację w procesach przemysłowych staną przed ogromnym wyzwaniem zapewnienia niezbędnych dostaw ciepła.  Ponadto galopujące ceny uprawnień do emisji CO2, jak również ceny surowca, gazu i węgla dodatkowo pogarszają sytuację i tworzą możliwość niedostarczenia ciepła do domostw i do przemysłu w moim kraju, w Polsce.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

No entanto, com a definição de metas vinculativas que exigem a uns Estados mais esforços do que a outros, a União Europeia atira para cima dos Estados-Membros a responsabilidade e o esforço financeiro necessário à sua concretização, o que não é justo nem viável.  Defendemos que os fundos mobilizados para promover a eficiência energética fossem excluídos do cálculo da dívida pública e dos défices orçamentais dos Estados-Membros, para que se pudessem fazer os investimentos necessários, mas a nossa proposta não foi acolhida. E defendemos que as políticas de eficiência energética não devem contribuir para uma maior exclusão social e agravamento das condições de vida dos cidadãos, com o aumento dos custos da habitação, da mobilidade ou dos preços da energia.  Consideramos, neste sentido, que o controlo público do setor energético é crucial para o incremento da eficiência energética e para a garantia dos direitos económicos, sociais e ambientais dos povos.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, sehr geehrte Frau Kommissarin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Die Energieeffizienz ist das Stiefkind der Energiepolitik. Hier hat sich jahrelang viel zu wenig getan, was sich jetzt in der Energiekrise bitter rächt. Deshalb stimmen auch wir zu, die Ambitionen zu erhöhen und verbindliche Ziele festzulegen. Aber: Wir berücksichtigen die jetzige Ausgangssituation. Die öffentlichen Haushalte sind leer, und auch Unternehmen fehlt nach der Pandemie oft das Geld für Investitionen. Zumindest in Deutschland fehlen Fachkräfte und die Hardware für großflächige Sanierungsmaßnahmen. Deshalb habe ich mich als Berichterstatterin meiner Fraktion im Umweltausschuss für Klarheit bei den Zielen, aber für Flexibilität und Machbarkeit bei der Umsetzung durch die Mitgliedstaaten eingesetzt. Ich freue mich, dass zumindest die Kolleginnen und Kollegen im glücklicherweise federführenden Industrieausschuss dies genauso gesehen haben und dass es für angepasste und realistische Maßnahmen sowie berechtigte Ausnahmen und Bedingungen – beispielsweise für den sozialen Wohnungsbau – nun eine breite Mehrheit gibt. Extrem wichtig ist nun, dass wir bei der Überarbeitung der europäischen Gebäuderichtlinie, die Millionen von EU-Bürgern betreffen wird, den gleichen Realismus und Pragmatismus wie bei der Energieeffizienz-Richtlinie walten lassen.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Tsvetelina Penkova
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: EN

Mr President, the past six months have shown us that energy efficiency is a matter of national security. Every kilowatt—hour we save can reduce our dependency on outside suppliers. Working on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, I can assure you that the importance of the use of some of the transitional fuels is crucial for us to be able to achieve the climate goals by 2050.  I appreciate that the rapporteur on the Energy Efficiency Directive, Mr Fuglsang, took a pragmatic and realistic approach, combining the strong goals of energy efficiency and, at the same time, allowing for some of the transitional fuels to be used in the short term. We need a realistic assessment of the situation in order to protect the best interests of our citizens. We should never put the consumers in a situation where they have to choose between heating their houses or buying food.  The Green Deal is more ambitious than ever and more needed than ever now, but we should offer solutions which reduce prices and guarantee energy efficiency in Europe.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Iskra Mihaylova
Political group: Renew
Country: Finland
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, уважаема г-жо Комисар, задълбочаващата се енергийна криза изисква от Европейския съюз и всички държави членки да удвоят амбициите си в областта на енергийната ефективност. Ние сме изправени пред предизвикателството на европейската енергийна независимост и ключов инструмент за постигане на тази независимост е точно енергийната ефективност.  Искам да подчертая един специален аспект в обновената директива. Това е включването на строителната индустрия в политиката за енергийна ефективност, което позволява промотиране и завишаване използването на енергия от възобновяеми източници в сградния фонд, реновиране на сградния фонд на Европа, широко внедряване и използване на високо енергийноефективни строителни материали и технологии в строителната индустрия. Пред Европейския съюз стоят амбициозните цели, изискващи действия и инвестиции, целящи завишаване на енергийна ефективност на индустриалния сектор, енергийната мрежа и транспорта. Водеща роля в този процес имат публичния сектор и най-вече местните и регионални власти.
Debate: Energy efficiency
Date: MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Sylvia Limmer
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, werte Kollegen! Die Beobachtung, dass in diesem Haus physikalisches Verständnis gegen null tendiert, ist für mich nicht neu. Daher möchte ich mich hier darauf beschränken, was als Energieeffizienz bezeichnet wird – nämlich die Steigerung des Wirkungsgrades bei der Energiewandlung. Und dieser Wirkungsgrad lässt sich eben nicht beliebig steigern, schon gar nicht mit vom technischen Fortschritt abgehobenen Richtlinien. Ginge es hier um Effizienz, würden wir vielleicht über den Primärenergieverbrauch sprechen, sicherlich jedoch nicht über Wasserstoffwirtschaft mit ihren inhärent verheerenden Wirkungsgraden. Die Richtlinie befiehlt per Gesetz nur die Reduktion des Energieverbrauchs für uns alle – derzeit um 0,8 % jährlich, ab 2024 um 2 % jährlich oder um mindestens 40 % bis 2030, bezogen auf 2007. Ihre Strommangelwirtschaft ist verbunden mit Einschränkung, Schrumpfung der Wirtschaft und Konsumverzicht. Seien Sie bitte so ehrlich und sagen Sie das Ihren Wählern.