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Former French environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo (Photo: WWF)

Abandon hope for UN climate treaty, potential French president believes

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Former French environment minister and potential presidential candidate Jean-Louis Borloo believes Europe is obsessed with legally-binding treaties as a result of its post-war history and its experience in gradually ceding sovereignty to Brussels - a hang-up that is unnecessarily affecting the UN climate negotiation process, a US diplomatic cable has revealed.

The cable's release by WikiLeaks on Friday (10 December) came just hours before EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard said mu...

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Former French environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo (Photo: WWF)

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