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Proposed ratification of Paris Agreement by EU on table

Brussels, 10/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 4 June, a step was taken towards the ratification of the Paris Agreement, which was concluded on 12 December 2015, when the European Commission presented the proposed ratification, by the European Union, of this first universal and legally binding climate agreement (see EUROPE 11452).

In so doing, it hopes to accelerate the process which requires the ratification of the EU collectively, and the individual ratification of the 28 member states,...