newsitems EU Commissioner on Humanitarian Aid Georgieva to EF:Israeli Gaza moves meet EU query. Visit to check
EU Commissioner on Humanitarian Aid Georgieva to EF:Israeli Gaza moves meet EU query. Visit to check
Israel's recent decisions on Gaza are "Positive Steps" which "meet (EU's) Requirements" on Humanitarian Aid, but EU must "make sure" that they "improve People's lives" in practice, and that's why she plans to visit the area in a few Weeks, before UNO's September Summit, said to "EuroFora" New EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response. Professor Kristalina Georgieva, an experienced former World Bank vice-President specialist on sustainable Economy (including Environment and Social aspects) from Bulgaria, agreeing that such developments give a hope to find ways to provide Humantarian Aid to Gaza "correctly", i.e. without dramatic incidents as that of the unprecedented violence by a Turkish group which provoked the use of force by Israeli Marines recently.
- Raising a "Hard Question, on the Humanitarian (and Cooperation) aspects of the Middle East issue, (which naturally involves also your collegue Baroness Ashton", EU High Representative on Foreign Policy), "do you think that there might be any hope in the foreseeable Future, for you to contribute, may be before the (September) UNO Summit, to broker some kind of Compromise in order to have Real Humanitarian Aid in a correct way, without Brutal Provocations as in the last case", (of the controversial violent Turkish group at "Mavi Marmara" maverick ship which notoriously provoked unprecedented clashes, violence, deaths and many wounded, including among Israeli Coast Guards cought unprepared to deal with this exceptionally violent ship), "EuroFora" asked.
The competent EU Commissioner in charge of Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response did not deny that, in her reply to "EuroFora" at EU Parliament in Strasbourg :
- "In the Humanitarian area we (EU) have been advocating very strongly for 2 things :"
"a) One is a Negative List" on "what cannot be brought into Gaza, and"
"b) Increased access for Humanitarian Organisations in UN to deliver goods into Gaza", she reminded.
- "Just a couple of days ago, the Israeli Government took a decision that meets those 2 (EU) requirements :" (i.e.) To increase Access, and to provide a Negative List", appreciated the competent EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid.
- "So, in this area, this is a Positive Step", Kristalina Georgieva concluded.
- "I am planning to visit Gaza, maybe in 4 to 6 Weeks (i.e. during August 2010)", she, furthermore, revealed.
The aim of Kristalina Georgieva's scheduled visit would be "to see how this is working" in fact :
- "Because this is something for which we (EU) have been asking for" a long time, and now "we (EU) need to ensure that it delivers to People". In other words, in real practice, "we (EU) need to make sure that it does improve the Life of People in Gaza", as she said.
EU is notoriously the biggest Donor in the World in Aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Kristalina Georgeva concluded by inviting "EuroFora" as "very Welcome" to follow up developments in this, as well as in other relevant fields of EU action in her competence.
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Fillon invites EU to invent "New Horizons" behind Oil crisis
Soultz-under-Forests, June 13, 2008
A pioneer Franco-German research project on GeoThermy, near Strasbourg, served as "Symbol" of EU's will to become Independent on Energy by developing innovative Technologies, while imported Oil prices threaten to provoke a World-wide crisis.
It's essential to demonstrate Europe's will to "invent New Horizons", by creating Environment-friendly, Independent and Renewable Energy sources, while price rises continue for Oil, a polluting old ressource with insufficient stocks, stressed French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, anouncing that this will be a focus during the forthcoming French EU Presidency (July - December 2008).
Fillon symbolically injected a 1st KWh produced by GeoThermy into Strasbourg's Electricity grid, during a special gathering of German and French officials at Soultz-under-Forests ("Soultz-sous-Forêts"), using a geothermal innovation which is "the most advanced in the World" :
The innovation uses Strasbourg's underground water richness to capture Heat, by injecting liquid among Rocks 5 km deep, where temperature is 200 c. Thus, it can be activated at any moment and location, even without natural warm water springs : A big advantage compared to old biothermal tools.
Engineers, Scientists and the Industry will have 2 Years to invent practical ways for this innovation to become productive and cost-efficient in real Economy, said Fillon.
115 Millions of Euros invested, 15 Research Labos, 430 Scientific Publications including 34 Doctoral PhD, and a systematic cooperation between French and German Governments and Public Agencies on Research, succeeded to prove that the new method works.
Already able to serve Electricity to a village with 1.500 inhabitants, the pioneer project intends to reach a capacity to serve 20.000 inhabitants before 2015, as part of a larger Plan to make all Renewable Energy Resources (together with Wind, Solar, etc) able to cover more than 23% of all Electricity needs before 2020.
- In fact, "behind the challenge" faced with the current Oil crisis, there "is a New Horizon that we can shape all together", by "creating New Tools for the Future", Fillon launched towards EU Member States.
Meanwhile, we should intensify Energy Savings, simplify Transports, and help the Poorest cope with growing Oil prices, until EU joins a World-wide lead into inventing reliable and sufficient Renewable Energy Sources, he added.
Many, technologic and other Challenges exist, but they can be overcome : F. ex. the new GeoThermic method tested at Shoultz since 1987, had provoked an Earthquake at a nearby site, close to Bale, by injecting big volumes of pressurized Water in underground broken Rocks near a Seismic Faultline in 2003. But the move was rectified later-on, by diminishing the amount and pressure of the water injected in underground rocks, so that no Earthquake is provoked.
More than 1 Billion Euros are invested by France on Scientific and Technologic Research about Sustainable Development until 2012, aiming to take a 10 years advance, there where innovation can become source of Growth, Competitivity and Jobs, which, according to some evaluations could reach more than 220.000 before 2020, Fillon observed.
During the forthcoming French EU Presidency, together with our German friends, we shall do all necessary efforts for Europe's World-wide lead against Global Warming, thanks to Energy tools able to ensure its Independence, Growth, and Citizens' well-being, he concluded.
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The "Enhanced Geothermal System" (EGS) stems from pioneer research initiated by teams from France, Germany and Italy, joined also by Swiss, the U.K., and Sweden, even U.S. and Japan, since the 90ies.
In 1996, a European Economic Interest Group (GEIE) was founded, in order to exploit Electricity-produsing Heat from deep underground Rocks, including France's EDF and Germany's PfalzWerke.
In 2002, a Pilot scientific project started to be tested in Soultz-under-Forests, 50 kms north of Strasbourg.