FRENCH GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO PUSH DITCHING OF EU BIOFUELS TARGET
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ON the eve of July 1's assumption by the French government of the presidency of the European Union (EU), its ecology minister has said Paris will probably "call into question or postpone the 10 percent objective" for increasing EU biofuel use. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said the plan was "probably a mistake".
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ON the eve of July 1's assumption by the French government of the presidency of the European Union (EU), its ecology minister has said Paris will probably "call into question or postpone the 10 percent objective" for increasing EU biofuel use. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said the plan was "probably a mistake".
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