Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-01-20-Speech-3-262"
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"For the last month, ‘failure’ has been the word most used to describe the Copenhagen Summit. The summit’s unsatisfactory outcome is due to both the reticence shown by the large industrialised countries and the system’s complicated rules based on the UN’s consensus.
Furthermore, the European Union’s inability to assume the role of catalyst for the global efforts to restrict the effects of climate change should be examined. By announcing unilaterally a year before this conference its intention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, the EU had the moral upper hand to provide a fillip to the negotiations in Copenhagen. However, we did not know how to make our voice heard in a meeting dominated by the positions of the US and emerging countries.
A more restricted format of discussions is required so that we can hope for negotiations ending in success. The ministerial meetings in Bonn and Mexico City in June and December must be used as effectively as possible to leave the way open for adopting a new treaty. Member States must coordinate their actions so that we speak with a single voice on the global stage."@en1
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