EXTERNAL ACTION / Climate

Paris Climate Agreement is non-negotiable, says the Council in a foretaste of statement by 22 June European summit

Luxembourg, 19/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

The deep regret already expressed by the EU about the decision by the administration of Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and the EU’s determination to rapidly make progress with implementing said agreement (see EUROPE 11808, 11801) were formally put in writing by the Council of the EU in Luxembourg on Monday 19 June, ahead of similar moves by the European summit on 22 June.

Going by a draft conclusions document, the European heads of state are...