EP CLIMATE CHANGE LAW DEBATE SIGNALS LOOMING DEAL
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LIKELIHOOD of agreement over the European Union's (EU) climate change package at this week's EU summit has been made clear at a European Parliament debate. With heads of government being asked to cut a deal in Brussels on Thursday and Friday (11-12 Dec), MEPs debated last Thursday the narrowing of options their leaders would face.
EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs claimed agreement was close, but that work was needed on "cooperation mechanisms" making member states stick to their climate change pledges, and on whether the new ...
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