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"Madam President, we are all aware – and we have all said as much – of the importance of the Copenhagen negotiations but, while we all hope for an agreement, we cannot accept one at any price.
If the conditions for an ambitious agreement are not met, I sincerely hope that the European Union is capable of saying ‘No’ and refuses to sign a cut-price agreement. The European populations that we represent in this House expect an agreement, an agreement that will enable all of the climatic disturbances that we observe around us every day to be combated effectively. Europeans will not be satisfied with publicity stunts, with non-quantified declarations of intent, with non-binding targets that can be disregarded once the media spotlight is off them.
The States will have to commit themselves in Copenhagen!
The European Union, as the only continent that has seen its CO
emissions fall since 1990, and as the only continent that has made precise, binding and ambitious commitments for the future, cannot assume the burden of the task on its own. That is why, if other industrialised and emerging countries do not wish to assume their share of the responsibility, they will have to accept the full consequences of this in the form of the introduction of a tax at our borders to protect our industry from the competition of those who decide not to be part of a global agreement.
We Europeans ask for a little more each day from our manufacturers. As evidence of this, I would cite the climate change package that was signed under the French Presidency. I would also cite the national initiatives that, like the carbon tax, to which Mr Pargneaux paid tribute just now – and I am glad that he did so – encourage the introduction of environmental taxation.
A sector such as the transport sector, which is one of the biggest emitters of CO
even if some modes of transport, such as aeroplanes, emit fewer greenhouse gases – is contributing more and more to the fight against climate change. However, this is a sector that has suffered greatly from the after-effects of the crisis. If, as I hope, maritime and air transport are included in the Copenhagen negotiations, let us make sure that what is demanded of European industries is demanded of the industries of the other industrialised countries too.
In Copenhagen, the eyes of the international public will be glued on its ruling class. We say to it today: ‘Do not disappoint us’."@en1
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