4 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2007/2118(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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2. Underlines that energy security must be regarded as an essential component of the overall security of the European Union, whereby the definition of energy security should not be merely limited to the lack of internal EU production but should also take into account the geopolitical aspects of dependency on imports and the potential therein for politically motivated interruptionsand points out that Europe's energy interests are better served by a policy of diversification and the creation of synergies ensuring security of supply;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Is of the opinion that Russia is an important partner of the EU in the field of energy and that Nord Stream is an infrastructure project with a wide political and strategic dimension for both the EU and Russia; underlines that it is primarily driven by Russian commercial and political interests, aimed at delivering gas straight from Russia to Western Europe, bypassing the transit states; underlines that this project increases Russia's energy leverage over the EU and its neighbours and decreases the abilityprojects of this kind should enhance regional cooperation and stability and asks the main contracting parties to take into consideration the anxieties and the legitimate interests of small littoral states to act as security providers inof the Baltic Sea; region; considers that since the project goes against the priorities of severaliterates that energy should not be used as a tool for the exertion of political pressure on transit and recipient countries; underlines that solidarity among EU Member States, it undermines the EU's ability to act as a unified entity andn the field of energy will help to strengthen the role of the Union in its external relations, and asks Member States to speak with one voice on energy issues;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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4. Therefore asks the Commission and the Member States to put forward the following demands and to call for: - a thorough assessment of the various transparency, economic and budget-related aspects of Nord Stream and its affiliated companies; - a thorough legal assessment aimed at determining whether a broader set of legal framework is applicable; - a thorough assessment of the need for the project and consideration of all alternatives, includingusefulness of the Nord Stream project for the creation of a secure pipeline network in the northern part of Europe, including other ideas such as the Amber and Yamal II pipelines; - a truly independent environmental impact assessment, to be commissioned with the approval of all littoral Statesin which all littoral States are involved and cooperate actively; - Ratification of, and commitment to the full implementation of the provisions of, the Espoo Convention and the Energy Charter Treaty, including its Transit Protocol, as an act of good faith and to encourage the Russian Fedin order to enhance international cooperation in assessing the environmental impact in a transboundary context and to lay down clear and transparent rules for internation's confidence in the projectal energy transit flows; - opportunities for equal participation by all the littoral States;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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6. Considers that the Member States should actively consider enacting legislation which includes geopolitical security aspects of energy agreements, as well as the human rights clause in commercial arrangements with third countries;