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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I want of course to thank you for your constructive contributions to the debate on climate change and on how we are to combat this. In just a moment, I intend to comment on the floods which have hit Italy and Spain. I have a statement to read out from the Commission, and shall come back to this in a moment.
First of all, however, I want to round off the discussion about what we believe must happen in The Hague in a few weeks’ time by saying that our role must clearly be that of instigating change internationally. We shall be compelled to be the ones who take initiatives, who force the pace and who, at the same time, build bridges between, in particular, developing countries and countries such as the United States and others in that group. We must of course force those who are dragging their heels to turn this conference on climate change into a success, as well as show that we are credible when it comes to taking action too.
To answer a direct question, I do not believe that we shall tackle this matter successfully in the long term if we do not have access to a range of tools and a range of political initiatives. What we are concerned with here, of course, are methods and systems of transport, which must be equipped for the future. It is also a question of energy policy. I am nonetheless pleased that the Commission has been recognised as having taken initiatives in this area. I believe that we need more in terms of financial instruments of control. We also need, of course, to discuss new areas and the integration of environmental and climate considerations into all policy areas. Again, it is a question of credibility. Emissions trading merely supplements those measures, both at Member State and European level, which we shall be sure to incorporate into our basic political systems and infrastructures in order to manage climate change.
As has also been pointed out in this Chamber today, I think we are right to be careful when it comes to competitiveness and the socio-economic effects. This problem must not, however, be used as a reason for not taking action but may even perhaps be turned to our advantage as something which strengthens competitiveness and offers us benefits.
Once again, I want to thank the rapporteur and everyone who has taken part in the debate. As soon as possible after the conference in The Hague, we shall of course come back with a plan for implementing all these measures, by which time we shall also hopefully have clear, agreed rules. I hope we shall be able to come back from the conference and say that it has been a great success."@en1
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