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"Madam President, I share the honourable Members’ intense disappointment at the outcome of the Conference in The Hague, which is effectively an outright failure. I should not, however, like to enter into personal squabbles, and I think we should refrain from that sort of completely negative discussion. I should like to congratulate the Commission, and Mrs Wallström, on keeping to the commitments it had always made towards reducing emissions, including among others greenhouse gas emissions.
Without doubt, it was better to have no agreement at all than a poor one and it is true that, in this instance, the American proposal was a third-rate proposal, and one which was completely unacceptable to Europe.
In any case, an agreement can only be accepted and acceptable if there is a balance between North and South, between developing countries and industrialised countries. I am already extremely concerned about resorting to the right to pollute. In my opinion, this can only hinder the economic development of countries that are already extremely underdeveloped.
The United States’ position, resorting to the idea of forests being carbon sinks, is unacceptable, for, then, no one would make any effort. We must reject these American diktats. This situation highlights the limitation of a Europe which, with its rotation of presidencies, does not have a strong political image to present to the United States and does not speak with a single voice. It also clearly highlights, once again, the desperate need to reform the European institutions and the way they operate. When will we have a President of the European Union that is strong and capable alone of representing Europe with regard to our partners?
Let us conclude, however, on a hopeful note. The Conference in The Hague is to be resumed, as you have informed us, Commissioner, next spring in Bonn. You may count on our support, Commissioner, so we might be able to stand up to the United States and take up the gauntlet."@en1
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