The EU's political objective in the field of energy for 2020 and competitiveness

21.1.2010

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0333/10
by Adam Gierek (S&D)
to the Commission

The ‘energy mix’ is a concept which is freely defined by the individual Member States, but, since 2005, the Commission has set stiff limits on CO₂ emissions, paying no heed to economic differences. In 2008 it brought in the climate and energy package — a restrictive set of legal instruments — with a view to attaining the ‘3x20’ political objective.

Bearing in mind the importance of subsidiarity for the further development of the EU and for fair competition on the EU market, should Member States not be allowed to use their own instruments (via investments, for example) to attain the political objective in the field of energy for 2020, and should given Member States not be able to apply these instruments in an order which suits them?

OJ C 138 E, 07/05/2011