3 Amendments of David HAMMERSTEIN related to 2008/2212(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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2. Believes that the EU's nascent energy policy will remain weak as long as there is no suitable Treaty basis for energy and energy security and it lacks a coherent strategy vis-à-vis its main external suppliers; supports the Lisbon Treaty, which contains an energy solidarity clause and makes energy policy a shared responsibility between the EU and the Member States, as a step in the right direction; points out that the heavy dependency of the EU on fossil fuels may undermine the coherence and effectiveness of its common foreign and security policy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes with concern energy nationalism among the key energy players and increasingly politicised energy relations between the oil exporting and importing countries, including a higher risk of tensions and conflicts; strongly supports the Commission's proposal that the EU should engage in close dialogue with key oil suppliers such as Norway, OPEC and Russia, with a view to reinforcing energy interdependence and energy security for the whole of the EU, with a particular focus on greater efficiency, equal market access, non-discrimination and transparency; commends the Commission on its work on intensifying energy dialogues, resulting in particular in a number of memoranda of understanding with the eastern neighbours and Central Asian countries, and looks forward to more progress with southern partners; stresses that energy dialogues should in no way take place at the expense of frank and results-oriented dialogues on human rights; strongly backs the Commission's intention to monitor competition in the processing, production and sale of oil and petroleum products;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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4. Reiterates the importance of greater diversification of the EU's energy sources and supply routes, in order to mitigate the effects of a possible future oil crunch, while recognising the diversity of situations in which various Member States find themselves when it comes to energy mix, import dependency and infrastructure availability, particularly for 'energy islands' in the EU; supports a greater use of sustainable biofuels and acknowledges the importance of nuclear energy in order to improve energy securityrenewable energy sources; notes that non- conventional oil is expected to play an important role in counterbalancing the decline in production from existing fields; underlines that new oil infrastructure projects such as the Odessa-Gdansk and Constan a-Trieste pipelines should continue to be high-priority projects of European interest;