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"Mr President, it is ten years since our Heads of Government discussed sustainable development at a summit meeting. That is a disgracefully long time. The Commission has submitted a good document, but why did the Swedish Presidency remove this Commission proposal to stop subsidising fossil fuels from the draft conclusions even before the Heads of Government arrived in Gothenburg? Why are they acting so cowardly? Why is Sweden scrapping sustainable development even before the Summit has started? The European Parliament voted by a 95% majority for Europe to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, even without the United States. I urge the Heads of Government to make it clear to President Bush that it is irresponsible for any country to remain outside the Kyoto Protocol. It is bad enough that the United States still imposes the death penalty, as it has again this week, but that is after all a matter for the American people. But President Bush’s energy plan for more oil, more coal, more gas and more nuclear power stations is going to destroy the climate all over the world. That is irresponsible and it calls for plain language and decisive action from our Heads of Government in Gothenburg."@en1
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