23
Apr
2024
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Withdrawal of the Union from the Energy Charter Treaty (debate)
Mr President! The withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty finally marks the beginning of the end of fossil Europe. Freedom instead of dependence. I think it is also a nice end point for our work on the energy transition. We have made renewables the foundation of a future Energy Union, reorganized infrastructures, modernized the electricity market, decarbonized gas and opened all barriers to offshore. The fossil age is finally over. The future instead of the past and a future also for Europeans, which means that they will get cheap, reliable electricity from renewables in the future. This is my last speech here, and I would like to thank all my colleagues, the Commissioner, my team, for making me part of the energy transition and part of the energy transition. Green Deal was allowed to be. It was a great honor for me.