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"Madam President, in my capacity as President I shall remain calm in the fact of these absolutely unjustified and uncalled-for attacks, because we are certainly not alone in doing business in poor countries!
On a more serious note, I believe the mechanisms we are considering – and here I am also replying to what Mrs Doyle said a moment ago – are not a stick to be used against the developing countries. Looking at it very objectively, however, in the context of finding a balance between competitiveness and combating greenhouse gases, we really must establish a good balance in relation to our major partners. One of those major partners is the United States, which, as far as I know, does not have the same commitments today as we do in this area. Another is Japan, which also has fewer commitments and is making fewer efforts. Then there is Russia, of which I keep being told that it does not have the same values and that we must also know how to speak to it in realistic terms and that it is an emerging big power. There is Brazil, there is India and of course there is China, which is a member of the World Trade Organization. So I really do not see why we should stop being realistic and should be naive. We must wage an exemplary war against global warming. Europe is leading in that field and must continue to do so and keep its advantage in international negotiations such as Copenhagen next year. In that context, however, it has no need whatsoever to feel ashamed of defending its interests against powers that are at least as rich as we are. As was pointed out by other speakers during earlier questions, we have our pockets of poverty in Europe too."@en1
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