Brussels, 08/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - As the 17,000 delegates from 192 countries were in Copenhagen for the opening of the global climate conference (COP 15, 7-18 December), EU member states' foreign ministers, in Brussels on Monday 7 December, were putting the finishing touches to preparations for a European Council that will be decisive for the EU position in these international negotiations on a worldwide agreement on tackling global warming after 2012.
The European negotiating mandate...