5 Amendments of André BRIE related to 2008/2212(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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 apolitical consensus on energy policy and therefore no 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 residea of an energy solidarity rule within the EU, which in a crisis situation could guarantee a greater measure of security for all EU countries and give them an equal level of energy security, which would ultimately also avoid the ponssibility between the EU and the Member States, as a step in the right directionof EU Member States being played off against each other;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that, in particular, the geopolitical impact of the changes in global conditions for international energy security and the consequences for future international governance policy have not yet been adequately considered and debated by the EU; considers that a continued reliance on national solutions must give way to new and close forms of political and economic cooperation between the EU, the US, Russia and China, which must also be given institutional form in the medium term;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
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 securitonly those biofuels that meet sustainability criteria in their procurement and manufacture, and regards strategies to increase energy efficiency as far more promising than efforts to revitalise nuclear energy; 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;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the role of the Arctic in the formulation of the Energy Policy for Europe and in relation to climate change and sustainable development, as proposed by the March 2007 European Council; notes with particular concern the ongoing race for hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic, which may lead to security threats for the EU as well as overall international instability; calls on the Commission to pay specific attention to hydrocarbons in its Communication on strategic issues related to the Arctic;