European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has urged EU leaders set to gather for two-days talks in Brussels this week (15-16 October) not to use the ongoing financial crisis to sacrifice the EU's ambitious, although costly, green goals. Meanwhile, some EU states are gearing up for a heated debate on the issue.
"Saving the planet is not an after-dinner drink, a digestif that you take or leave. Climate change does not disappear because of the financial crisis," Mr Barroso said ...
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