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"Mr President, Commissioner, I have listened with interest to your opening speech. You must know that you have many allies here in the European Parliament, but I am afraid that there are far fewer people who support these objectives of yours within the Commission itself.
In order to be in the vanguard of the struggle against climate change, the EU must above all be consistent in its announcements. Consequently, when you rightly talk about mainstreaming and say that we must reduce greenhouse gases, the Commission cannot fund the EU’s continuing dependence on carbon and petrol. The foreign policy of the Commission and the Council must pressurise Mr Bush, not cajole him, to commit to these agreements. The policy must help poorer countries with a technology transfer and resources package so that they can take part in the global alliance. You must also listen to the criticisms voiced by the European Parliament about the this obsession with biofuels, which are destroying the Amazon forests, wrecking the global climate, doubling food prices and thus putting pressure on the poorer sections of society.
To conclude, Commissioner, we are with you, but you must put up more of a fight in order to win over the Commission itself."@en1
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