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"− I voted in favour of the climate change package because I believe that the world is at a crucial juncture. We face an unprecedented challenge to our way of life. But only through working together can Member States have an effect. It is at times like this that the EU needs to face up to its responsibilities and act as a world leader.
And it has done so. No other country or group of countries has set a legally binding process with the scope and potential of this package.
Green Members of this House have argued that the package has been watered down. But they are being unrealistic. The environmental effectiveness of the system is not in question. Instead we have struck a workable balance – between the need for industry to continue to profit in difficult economic times, the social needs of Europe, and the future of our environment.
This was, therefore, a package that socialists were right to support, and I was very glad to do so."@en1
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