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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9365
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/european council

Angela Merkel appeals for binding commitments on reducing CO2 emissions at European Council on 8-9 March - quantitative objectives on “better regulation”

Strasbourg, 13/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The German chancellor and current president of the European Council, Angela Merkel, told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that the German presidency wanted commitments on “binding reductions” to be made at the European Council on 8-9 March, in an effort to fight climate change. She said “I share the Commission's objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% by 2020, on the condition that we find international partners” ready to make the same...

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