Speech: EU ENERGY POLICY BEYOND 20142013-05-17
Description:European Commission Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy EU Speech: EU ACER Conference Ljubljana, 17 May 2013 Dear Mr Pototschnig, Dear MEPs, dear Lord Mogg, Dear Director-General Philip Lowe, Dear regulators, TSOs, suppliers, Dear ladies and gentlemen, May I thank the organisers and our hosts for giving us the opportunity...

Speech at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting2013-01-25
Description:European Commission Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy World Economic Forum/Davos 25 January 2013 When I became responsible for energy in the European Commission, I have made it my business to place energy policy where it belongs, at the heart of economic policy.

Speech: Inauguration of the ITER Headquarters Building in Cadarache2013-01-17
Description:European Commission Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy Inauguration of the ITER Headquarters Building/Cadarache 17 January 2013 Dear Director General Motojima, Madame le Ministre, Dear Senators, Mayors, Prefects, Dear representatives of our ITER Partner Countries, Dear ITER staff and everybody involved in the ITER project, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives...

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy The Helios project and the role of energy for Greek and European growth Address of the Commissioner at the Conference "Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Development in South Eastern Europe & HELIOS Project" Athens, 3 April 20122012-04-03
Description:amp; Dear Minister Papaconstantinou, sehr geehrter Statssekretär Becker, Ladies and Gentlemen, Minister Papaconstantinou and I have jointly invited you to today's conference because we believe that this is the right moment to take a closer look at the energy sector and the renewable energy sector in Greece in particular.

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy The completion of the EU internal energy market "Getting to 2014" DG ENERGY INTERNAL MARKET CONFERENCE Brussels, 29 September 20112011-09-29
Description:It is an honour for me to welcome all of you this morning to this conference on the completion of the internal energy market - "Getting to 2014". I am particularly pleased that this conference has attracted such an impressive spectrum of high-level representatives of the European Parliament, Member States,...

Günther Oettinger Commissioner for Energy EU stress tests of nuclear power plants and nuclear safety in the EU neighbouring countries EP Plenary Strasbourg, 9 June 20112011-06-09
Description:Following the request of the European Council on 25 March that the safety of all EU nuclear power plants should be reviewed on the basis of a comprehensive risk and safety assessment, on 24 May the Commission and ENSREG reached agreement on the criteria, methodology and timeframe for carrying out...

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy Speech of Commissioner Oettinger at the South Stream event Speech of Commissioner Oettinger at the South Stream event Brussels, 25 May 20112011-05-25
Description:Ladies and gentlemen: Introduction I should like to thank our Russian partners for inviting the European Commission to this event which I see as part of the wider Russia-EU dialogue. I accepted this invitation in particular to learn more about the feasibility and progress of the South Stream project which...

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy Speech at the High-level Infrastructure Conference Speech of Commissioner Oettinger at the High-level Infrastructure Conference Budapest, 16 May 20112011-05-17
Description:Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to welcome you here today together with my colleague Tamás. I would first like to thank the Hungarian presidency of the EU Council for having taken up with so much enthusiasm my proposal, which I made about one year ago in Madrid, namely...

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy The New Governance for the Internal Energy Market and ACER Speech of Commissioner Oettinger at the Conference on the occasion of the opening of ACER Ljubljana, 3 March 20112011-03-03
Description:Ladies and Gentlemen, Minister Radic, This morning, we have participated in the official opening of ACER and I think that I was not the only one to enjoy this truly European moment. I then already underlined the wider importance of ACER as institutional backbone for the legislative measures of the...

Günther OETTINGER EU Commissioner for Energy The Importance of ACER for the Internal Energy Market Speech of Commissioner Oettinger at the Opening ceremony of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Ljubljana, 3 March 20112011-03-03
Description:It is an honour and a pleasure for me to participate in today's ceremony for opening the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators here in Ljubljana. Today marks a historic milestone in Europe's single energy market.