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Mr President, Commissioner, we very nearly did not have this debate with you, but with your successor. In all honesty, I am really pleased that it is you we can talk to today about the EU’s climate policy and its contribution to the climate conference in Buenos Aires in December. It strikes me as a nice finale that you can pass on this climate dossier in the knowledge that the Kyoto Protocol will enter into effect shortly, now that the Russian State Duma and the Russian Federation Council have ratified it, which they did on 22 and 27 October respectively. Meanwhile, President Putin has signed the ratification act and we are waiting for the ratification to be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Kyoto Protocol will be able to enter into effect 90 days later.
My group welcomes President Putin’s decision to join the European Union and the other countries in tackling the greenhouse problem. Europe and the European Commission have played an important role in achieving this result, and congratulations, also to you, are certainly in order. The climate policy can rely on immense support in Europe. Our group is delighted that the European Parliament and the Council of ministers hold on to an ambitious climate policy that aims to fight the greenhouse effect.
Europe has confirmed its pioneering role in respect of the climate conference in Buenos Aires. I am pleased that Europe has reiterated that support must be provided to developing countries in order to adapt to the effects of climate change. It is not sufficient to say that we will be taking structural measures which will prove effective in the long term. Some countries, particularly developing and small ones, are already being faced with the effects of the greenhouse effect, and they need help.
Although my group is satisfied, it does, of course, remain critical. Pleasing though it is to see Parliament and the Environment Ministers supporting an ambitious climate policy, we should not remain caught in fine rhetoric and good intentions. We should also bring about concrete measures in order to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. As President of the European Union, the Netherlands has a special responsibility to table concrete results. The presidency’s ideas in the environmental field sound good but should be translated into results. That is what the Dutch Presidency will be judged on at the end of the year. It is in Buenos Aires that it remains to be seen whether our fine words will also be spoken and fulfilled at international level. In any event, I hope cooperation with both the Dutch Presidency and the European Commission will be excellent during the conference in Buenos Aires."@en1
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