Debate contributions by Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ

(start of intervention in an unofficial language) Mr President, I was simply saying good afternoon in Basque, in my language, in this my first speech in Strasbourg, hoping to be able to do so officially in the not too distant future. Thank you very much, Commissioner, for your intervention and for coming to Parliament to let us know the state of play on something as strategic as the Energy Union. We all share the view that this energy transition is necessary, but today, as we have also been listening to Mr Draghi and as we have been hearing about Europe's necessary competitiveness, let me talk about industrialising the energy transition. We need a single energy market that protects us from price volatility, that protects vulnerable groups and that protects and responds to the needs of industrial regions. We want and need an efficient and increasingly electrified industry and we cannot afford 27 different energy models. We know that we will not be able to be self-sufficient and, therefore, we want to work on improving the efficiency of industrial processes and increasing production through renewables with storage and fair distribution so that our producers and our products compete on equal terms and are reinforced in this process when we talk about industrializing the transition. In short, an industrial energy transition made in Europe.