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"Mr President, I should like to congratulate the French Presidency on the serious attention it has devoted to the energy and climate change package. Above all, I should like to thank the Presidency for listening to comments which were repeatedly made in Parliament, but were not treated with sufficient seriousness.
Fellow Members, the European Union has been able to manage in the most difficult circumstances. Now is also such a difficult moment. It is vital that we listen to one another and are open to opposing arguments. We have always been able to do that.
I should also like to take this opportunity to reassure Mr Turmes. As far as my own country is concerned, we are fully ready to adopt the package as soon as possible. Parliament is well aware of the proposed amendments. They do not in any way endanger the principal goal of the package, which is to reduce emissions.
We most certainly need a climate change package, and we need it as soon as possible. No one knows this better than Poland. We are responsible for negotiations at the Climate Convention and are aware that without a package we will not be able to make progress in global negotiations. What I have in mind is a package which would achieve all the proposed goals, I repeat, all goals up to the year 2020, but which would be easier to accept by our European economy.
Only a package of this kind can serve as a model for others, and such a package we have in mind. Moreover, only a strong economy, free from threats, will be able to invest in climate protection. If we weaken the economy, where will the funds for combating climate change come from? This is why this discussion is so important, and why it is important for us to listen to each other’s arguments."@en1
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