Activities of Lasse LEHTINEN related to 2007/2118(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the agricultural and industrial sectors of all the bordering Member States and of Russia are the biggest polluters of the Baltic Sea and pose the greatest problems to its ecological balance,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its conviction that projects of this kind should be subjects of common interest and concern for the whole European Union; reiterates that the pipeline was included by the three EU institutions in the TEN-E guidelines as a project of European interest;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a reliable and independent environmental study examining the agricultural and industrial emissions polluting the Baltic Sea and to evaluate the situation in proportion to possible environmental threats caused by the pipelines currently crossing the Baltic Sea; in addition, calls on the Commission to evaluate the additional impact on the Baltic Sea caused by the Nord Stream project;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. EmphasisesCalls on the developer to ensure that the construction and operation of the Gas Ppipeline on the Baltic seabed will threatendoes not endanger the many species of fish and birds as well as the existence of a population of porpoises numbering only 600, which are a species unique to this geographical region;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that alternative gas pipeline routes, which do not disturb the marine environment, should be analysed first, and should be analysed first, taking into account both environmental and economic aspects, including the time table for such routes; notes that it is possible to run such routes to the Russian border overland, solely through European Union Member States;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. SupportsTakes into account the Swedish Government’s Decision of 12 February 2008 refusing to grant Nord Stream AG permission to build the gas pipeline due to significant procedural and substantive shortcomings and in particular the lack of an analysis of an alternative route and of the option of abandoning the construction of the pipeline;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission, within the scope of its competence, to evaluate the market competition situation caused by the possible completion of the Nord Stream pipeline, and if necessary to take measures to prevent Gazprom from assuming a dominant role on the EU gas markets without guaranteeing reciprocal rights for EU companies to enter the Russian energy market;