What Grzegorz spoke about.

11 Apr

2024

PL Speech

Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive (joint debate – Reform of the energy and electricity markets)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Today's debate and vote conclude the two-year period of work on the Hydrogen Gas Package. And I think it is worth emphasizing that observing the work during this term on many legal acts and topics that we have considered, it is in this case a very important, important document, even laying the foundations for the development of the fu…

6 Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

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I want to quote my ending: “climate policy should aim to care for the climate, but not at the expense of national economies and not to drive citizens into poverty”. If other important countries like China, the United States, African countries do not respect the quotas that we set, the economy passes and the production companies pass to China, to other countries of the world, when the rare earth re…

6 Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is important to plan rationally and pragmatically. In its 2023 special report, the European Court of Auditors highlighted that, when it comes to the 2030 targets, there is little indication that we can achieve them. The introduction of new solutions of the Fit for 55 package, as we note, where we do not look, …

12 Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, The assumptions and work on this regulation are extremely important and important. The Act aims to give impetus to increase, inter alia, the Union’s extraction of raw materials, diversify the supply of critical raw materials to the European Union, strengthen circularity, including recycling, and support research …

20 Nov

2023

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UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

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Dear President, Dear Commissioner, The next climate summit is upon us. And again - and I think it is good - how the voice of the European Parliament has been for many years strengthening the EU's climate diplomacy by increasing ambition, setting an example by the European Union in the fight against climate change, global warming. On the other hand, it seems to me that we should ask ourselves wheth…

13 Sep

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, According to the calculations of the International Renewable Energy Agency, by 2030, the energy sector alone will account for 95 to 99% of the demand for lithium and more than 50% of the demand for graphite, cobalt. Meanwhile, 70% of cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where, as we all know, only…

11 Sep

2023

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Dear Commissioner, The implementation of an increasingly ambitious climate policy poses many new challenges for the energy sector. The directive almost doubles the current share of RES in the European Union, and also increases the previous target for 2030 by 10 percentage points. All this translates into sectoral targets, transferring the commitments to achieve t…

12 Jul

2023

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Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, Since 2020, we have had an energy crisis aggravated by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, while we are raising our climate targets, generating huge costs for the European economy. The cost of introducing the Fit for 55 package will be 50% higher than estimated last year. According to a report by experts of the Polish Bank Pekao S.A., the cost of the Fi…

10 Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, It should be appreciated and underlined that in the Energy Efficiency Directive, when it comes to the provision on district heating, these provisions will have a very strong positive impact on the modernisation of existing systems in the coming decades, which remains crucial in ensuring affordable heat in homes, at final consumers. However, this do…

18 Apr

2023

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Energy storage (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Dear Commissioner, Due to the development of renewable energy sources in some countries in the Union, the capacity of dispatchable units is decreasing and the development of energy storage systems is a growing challenge. Despite the many technologies available at the moment, the potential for development lies primarily in batteries – electricity storage. Crucial …

14 Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

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Mr President, thank you very much. Dear Commissioner, Thank you for this information. In this context, I have a question: Will the current Methane Emission Reduction Regulation, and more specifically the provisions imposing information obligations on natural gas producers and importers with regard to methane emissions, not contribute to discouraging LNG producers from the European market during su…

14 Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. It was already mentioned here that the International Energy Agency warns us to be vigilant when it comes to 2023. The point is that there is a gap of 27 billion gas demand. On the one hand, we have an embargo on Russian gas, on the other hand, China may enter the game when it comes to LNG. So here's my question: Do you see, in addition to…

15 Feb

2023

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Access to strategic critical raw materials (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. The European Commission has recently proposed an industrial development plan for our continent in the context of the Green Deal. This is an important document that aims to increase the competitiveness of European industry while accelerating the deployment of clean technologies. In order for these two issues to happen, i.e. the competitiveness of European industry and at…

15 Sep

2022

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Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Commissioner, I'm sorry. I would like to thank the rapporteur for his cooperation on the report. It was possible to work out a text that gained quite broad support and broaden some preliminary assumptions. It seems to me that it is very good that the European Commission has taken into account the suggestions in our report to take action, or at leas…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The development of renewable energy sources is necessary and – I think – is not open to discussion. However, we should determine our level of ambition on the basis of a real assessment of the situation and possibilities, not on the basis of our will. By setting unrealistic goals and raising limits and requirements in a way that is detached from reality, we lead t…

12 Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Dear Commissioner, From the point of view of the Polish district heating sector, both the Commission's proposal and the rapporteur's report impose disproportionately restrictive requirements on district heating systems. The proposed changes to the criteria for high-efficiency cogeneration and the production benchmark for this cogeneration mean in practice that mo…

19 May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, The most important thing in any action is proper assessment of the situation and diagnosis. This is the foundation of every action, every invention. Today we are talking about the energy crisis in the context of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. But, ladies and gentlemen, the crisis began before the aggression and…

4 Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, thank you very much. Efforts and care for the climate, for the clean air we all breathe and for the preservation of biodiversity on our planet are something that unites us all in this room. I don't think there's any division here. However, we should not forget that climate protection and climate action must not lead to the deindustrialisation of Europe and…

24 Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. The European Commission is talking about becoming independent of Russian gas as soon as possible and this seems unquestionably the right direction. However, I am concerned about the Commission's proposal in the latest gas package, which ignores the possibility of continuing to apply tariff reductions to transmission tariffs at entry points from LNG facilities, while pro…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, I'm sorry. There is no need to convince ourselves that we have a historic and unique time and we must tell ourselves that our energy system does not create security in Europe for our citizens and our economy. It is necessary to draw conclusions from this, because only a fool does not draw conclusions in a situation where he has drama, when he is wro…

14 Feb

2022

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A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, Offshore renewable energy sources are one of the most important elements of the European strategy for the energy transition. I therefore welcome the inclusion in the report of my suggestion, a call for investment and planning support for national projects directly connected to the mainland through so-called radial connectio…

22 Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. We have adopted new climate targets, we have reached an agreement in Glasgow. In practice, this means more renewable energy sources, investments in improving energy efficiency, the development of electromobility. That is why raw materials, both critical and basic, are so important. And it's good that we're talking about it today…

20 Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Mr. Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mr. Secretary of State! I think that caring for the climate, for clean air and for preparing the next generations for a safe future is something that unites us all. This, I think, does not create a dispute. I think that the idea that should also unite us is that we should be effective and pragmatic in this pursuit. Because only effect…

6 Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry. Ladies and Gentlemen, The prices of emission allowances today exceed 60 euros, although at the beginning of the year they fluctuated around 30 euros. Emissions trading cannot be classified as a market-based mechanism. Currently, it is a highly speculative market, while Russia deliberately limits the flow of gas to Europe and does so in order to force the Union to launch…