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"Mr President, I too would like to congratulate the rapporteur, but I also wish to make a couple of observations. It is a matter of concern for us all that mandatory targets have not been agreed upon, but the various UN conventions provide a model here. I am thinking of Rio, where as a correspondent I was able to follow things in detail and see how from little acorns great oaks can grow. Much as there is to criticise in the basic structure of Europe's institutions, by means of this twin-track approach we have given the Commission a chance to take the initiative and subsequently propose mandatory targets. As she is present, I would like to take the precaution of calling now on the Commissioner to do that.
It is also possible to learn something from successful systems. Spain, Germany and Austria have arrangements and means of handling renewables that others could also adopt. This is not to say that the world should simply adopt the German approach, but rather simply save unnecessary additional expenditure which subsequently leads to excuses that it was not possible to reach the targets.
When the rapporteur says that proofs of origin will guarantee transparency, that fits in very well with my repeated demand that the European institutions should set an example by being completely transparent for the benefit of the public."@en1
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