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"Mr President, thank you, Commissioner, for your efforts in Rio de Janeiro and for telling us honestly that Rio simply did not bring about what we had hoped it would.
We can actually conclude that, 20 years ago, it was politics that led the way. Now, however, in 2012, as politicians, we are hopelessly out of touch with the trends and changes we see in society. And, if you are a politician, that is a painful conclusion.
Nevertheless, we should also critically examine Europe’s role. Did Europe play its hand well in Rio de Janeiro? Firstly, the question: did Europe put forward its ‘green economy’ agenda in a timely way? What do we mean by that? And is it not the case that, for some countries in Europe, a green economy mainly means business as usual, with a little bit of green round the edges, rather than a genuine transition to a new economy, which is how you think about it. However, we all know that Europe is far from being unanimous on that score.
That is also Europe’s second problem: credibility. In Rio de Janeiro, we called for a real transition to a new economy. But what are we doing ourselves? Look at how we are trying to get out of this crisis. It is business as usual
Even the Commission is just handing out more money for the construction of new roads in Greece, as if that were the way we are supposed to extricate ourselves from this crisis? That is too narrow an approach!
Thirdly, what did we bring to Rio? We asked for the world, but ultimately we had too little to bring. We now have to do two things and they are very simple. To demonstrate ourselves that we really are serious about the green economy and, secondly, to make a real step towards that new economy, in the company of the countries which actually want to achieve it, like Mexico and South Korea, because the new economy can only be a green economy or else there will be nothing."@en1
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