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"Mr President, it should be admitted that the tactic the European Union has used till now, including at the Copenhagen Summit, was wrong. It was a tactic of showing all our cards and believing that if we adopted ambitious goals, others would join in. The haggling, which also took place here in Parliament, about whether to limit emissions by 40% or 50%, was wrong. It is somewhat reminiscent of negotiations during the Cold War, when some political groups believed that unilateral disarmament would induce the Soviet Union to disarm, too. We need to change this tactic and be firm in talks with the world’s powerful countries – China, the United States – and even threaten the imposition of what our fellow Members from France are talking about, a carbon tax at the European Union’s borders. Our businesses must be competitive in a world market. We should also remember new technologies, including technologies (...)."@en1
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