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To answer your question, just a short while ago, I said that we have to set ourselves a goal of energy taxation which regulates energy consumption itself, not just by ensuring that the share of rail transport does not fall below its 1998 level and thus succeeding, by means of practical decisions, in achieving those goals which you, Mr Modrow, say we have failed to achieve, but also by setting ourselves the goal of alternative fuels, including biofuels, accounting for at least 7% of total fuel consumption by 2010. This 7% may well seem rather a low figure to you, but
from our perspective, it is quite high. The two goals we have set ourselves can clearly be achieved, with a certain amount of sacrifice, by fiscal and other means, and they can be achieved without harm to the economy.
With regard to labour mobility, we need much more effective awareness-raising. In order to obtain more tangible results from companies, we propose to introduce a kind of sustainability performance assessment report for all publicly quoted companies with over 500 staff, in order, gradually, to increase public awareness. There is no question about the fact that the two go hand in hand. I can assure you that, a few years ago, it would have been impossible for us to sustain the line we took at Kyoto – united, all the countries standing together, resolutely – if public opinion had not, I am glad to say, changed. We can therefore say that these are two things which must be seen as closely related. If public awareness is not raised, then, in political terms, we will certainly not succeed in bringing about the changes we propose."@en1
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