Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-16-Speech-3-059"
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"Mr President, the starting point for this debate was the US rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. So I welcome the strong language in our compromise resolution on this. But we need more than words. We want the Commission to look at possible EU actions in response to a continued US refusal to respond to climate change, including action at the WTO, on the grounds that by not internalising its external energy costs, US goods are receiving an unfair government subsidy, which is against the rules of world trade.
But it is not just Kyoto. Let us look as well at this intent to tear up the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. This "Son of Star Wars" system threatens a massive new arms race. Asking the US to consult before proceeding is not enough. We need to state very clearly that the EU calls on the US to give up this initiative and pledges itself and its Member States not to take part in this project on any level.
If the US spent just a fraction of the resources it currently spends on missile defence on defending itself against climate change instead, the world would be a much safer place."@en1
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