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"Mr President, the French Presidency obviously welcomes the Commission’s presentation at the start of this year of an ‘energy and climate’ package, which correctly reflected the goals laid down by the heads of state or government at their summit in March 2007: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, whatever happens, and even by up to 30% in the case of successful negotiations on a global agreement on a regime for the period after 2012; proposing a regulatory framework for the capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide and, Mrs Doyle, launching demonstration projects in this field; and achieving by 2020 a 20% share for renewable energies of the European Union’s total energy consumption. You are well aware of all of this too, Mrs Doyle.
The French Presidency also welcomes the progress made under the Slovenian Presidency. In this context, you are no doubt aware of the progress report presented by the outgoing presidency to the Council in June. From the debate based on that report it emerged that the Council supported the general architecture of the package. In addition, it was decided that some of the proposals concerning the review of the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme and the sharing of the effort in the sectors not covered by this scheme should be analysed in greater detail.
In particular, the provisions on the fight against carbon leakage, the use of auction proceeds, the flexibility needed to achieve the national objectives and the increase from 20% to 30% will be have to be examined in detail, as will the specific situation of certain Member States.
We know that it is going to be difficult to achieve all of these targets. We also know that the French Presidency will have to provide clarification on all these points, that there are very conflicting interests and that we still need to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the elements I just mentioned, notably the mechanisms for allocating auction allowances, the measures to prevent carbon leakage and the various flexibility mechanisms that are needed.
However, what we also know, Mrs Doyle, is that it is of course absolutely vital to have a political agreement for the Poznań Conference at the end of the year, but above all it is needed for the Copenhagen Conference. As far as our Presidency’s work is concerned, in the context of the institutions, which you know as much about as I do, and the legislative deadlines, in conjunction with your House we have to reach an agreement that is ambitious enough to put the Union in a strong position for its international negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009, and the legislative time we have for that is running out. That is undoubtedly the most difficult challenge we will have to tackle, Mrs Doyle."@en1
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