Quotes

dalia-grybauskaite"A second set of priorities that I see for myself and this government is a further reduction of dependence on a single source. First of all, this involves putting forward three bills during the spring session, namely: the LNG law, the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) law, and amendments to the Law on Heating Sector... talks on the Visaginas NPP (VAE) and debates on the required laws will be one of the key tasks during the parliamentary spring session." Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuanian President, on 12 January 2012 (source: BNS)

"We need to continue with diversification of energy sources by investing more in renewables such as wind, water, biomass and solar power. Let us also be brave and say it, that nuclear energy has to remain available to the mix. We need to invest in energy savings and in energy efficiency.” Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament at the Opening ceremony of the academic year of the College of Europe in Bruges on Wednesday 4 November