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"I abstained on the European Parliament’s resolution on the Copenhagen Summit because it does not prove a match for the failure of that summit, even if the European Parliament has clearly condemned the European Union’s shortcomings on that occasion.
Admittedly, some positive measures have been adopted, such as those calling on the Commission to be more ambitious with regard to greenhouse gas emissions and to grant adequate funding to eliminate these gases.
Other amendments are unacceptable, as they leave it up to the market to regulate by means of emission permits, clean development mechanisms, and so on. Furthermore, a request is made for the European Union to enter into negotiations with the United States with the aim of creating a transatlantic carbon market.
Finally, I regret the rejection of the call for the creation of a green Tobin tax, the income from which would have helped developing countries to combat climate change.
No lasting, serious or coherent solution to climate change can be found in the rationale behind the system that created it. The European Union is duty bound to move forward and to set an example, no matter what the attitude of the other states. It can do so if it is able to provide itself with the necessary resources."@en1
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