Talks to reach an agreement to limit emissions of CO2 of the car or to increase the weight of renewable energy are of snacks on the negotiations that are waiting, this evening in Brussels, the heads of State and Government at the European level to fight against climate change. Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the Union during a few days, will put its political weight in the balance and deploy all its art of negotiating to remove the unanimity of the twenty-seven, implementation for a European Summit. But, if the night is coming, the outcome of the debate promises to be favourable. Because the Europeans are doomed to agree on the energy-climate package.
Everything leads to an agreement. The importance of the issue first. The legislative project, which provides for the auction for the industrial sectors and energy production of CO2 quotas now distributed free of charge to States, is nothing less that to reduce gas emissions 20 greenhouse of the Union by 2020 from 1990 levels, while improving energy efficiency by 20 and to 20 the share of renewable energy consumption. The renewal of the US administration, then. Obama President-elect having his interest for an environmental policy pursuing the same objectives as that of the Union, Europe is forced to give a boost to keep leadership on climate issues. The urgency of the international calendar, finally. The imminence of the Copenhagen Conference, scheduled for 2009, relativizes the reluctance of those who wanted to delay because of financial and economic crisis.
An agreement might be logical, it will be the tour de force. Each European country is in its claim. "Our main problem is to explain to others that each of the countries to which the text poses difficulties is in good faith", it says in the entourage of the French Presidency.
Especially the Poland who took the past few weeks, the head of the fronde against the legislative project. For her, which produces almost all of its electricity from coal, it is for a period of transition during which its electricity producers would have the right to issue free of charge all or part of their quotas of CO2. 2016, Or even 2019 for example. Eight other countries claim, with the Poland, an upward revision of the mechanism of solidarity which must refund a portion of revenues from the auction to European countries the poorest. The Commission had proposed that such redistribution is 10 of revenue. The poorest claimed 12, the richest 8.
Berlin to its responsibilities
The Italy and especially Germany also criticized the cost of the package. Pressed by its enterprises to apply the limitation to only 20 of the auction of CO2 over the period 2013-2020 in the industry and the generalization of the free allowances for certain sectors strongly exposed to international competition (cement, lime, steel, and basic chemistry), Angela Merkel warned Monday that it would oppose any measure which "jeopardize the employment or investment in Germany". Atmosphere.
To these criticisms, the tactics of the French Presidency has been trying to clear the field first with the Poland. Displacement of Nicolas Sarkozy in Gdansk, last Saturday. The objective Put this evening the only Germany from its responsibilities. In betting that it can hardly afford to fail a packet which she was one of the main initiators. In Berlin, in Rome as in Warsaw, it was these days "cautious optimism" on the chances of obtaining an agreement.
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