Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2016/2059(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage (A8-0278/2016 - András Gyürk) FR
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU strategy for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage is onea key element of the Energy Union, which aims to gives concrete expression to the EU’s ambition to bring about a. The first task of the Energy Union is to establish a secure supply and to ensure a long-term transition to a sustainable, securelf-sufficient and competitive energy system;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the European Union and its Member States should first of all focus on their renewable resources and derive maximum benefit from their renewable production capacity; stresses that this ambition should not prevent efforts being made to extract added value from other segments of the energy markets, such as LNG, provided that this is donelose sight of the fact that geopolitical instability is currently the most vital issue of the EU energy strategy; affirms that the closest LNG producers, such as Russia, are more appropriate than suppliers in the Arabo- Persian Gulf region; this supply approach should be consistent with efforts to obtain added value for LNG, through ambitious projects such as North Stream II and South Stream, as with other segments of the energy markets; these elements will enable the EU to act in a sustainable manner that is fully consistent with the EU’s environmental protection principles;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU’s domestic production will continue to decline in the coming decades, and further diversification of the EU’s natural gas supply, in its neighbouring environment, therefore remains a key objective, while nevertheless underlining its role as a short and medium- term solution, bearing in mind the European commitment to the objective of decarbonisation set out in the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050;