Brussels, 18/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has no hope, by the end of this year, of obtaining an agreement of principle from the Council on its proposal for short term reform of the carbon market, as proposed on 25 July. Poland, which is supported by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, cannot accept the temporary freeze of 900 million CO2 quotas given the potential adverse impact that this decision would have on those countries' budgetary plans. On Monday, the...