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Environmental Focused Green EU Presidency from Today

Published 06th January 2011 - 0 comments - 2063 views -

Hungary on EU Presidency From Today

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Today evening at 18 hr (CET) Hungary takes over the EU Presidency!

Momentous happening! Do not miss it!

The official ceremony (from the magnificent Budapest Parliament) you will

be able to follow (or watch later) from here:

http://www.dunatv.hu/musor/videotar?cid=4284

http://www.dunatv.hu/english

Pls. visit also www.eu2011.hu

Especially this:

http://www.eu2011.hu/news/future-generations-presidency’s-environmental-focus

Extract from this article:

"...The Hungarian EU Presidency is committed to tackling the challenges of

environmental protection. Its key priorities include the fight against

climate change, the protection of sustainable water reserves, the

preservation of resource efficiency and biodiversity...

...The Union must continue to play a leading role in the global fight

against climate change, said Ms Enikő Győri, Minister of State for EU

Affairs, as she received the written position of the international

environmental organization Greenpeace on the EU Presidency’s green aspects

in Budapest. The petition contains the organization’s demands for the

Hungarian Presidency.

The Presidency is committed to implementing the Cancún Summit’s outcomes,

the Minister of State explained. It aims to continue the Union’s

preparation for the 2011 climate talks with a view to developing binding

measures by late 2011. During the Hungarian Presidency, the Member States

are expected to renegotiate the issue of reducing the EU’s carbon-dioxide

emission by more than 20%, and the Decarbonisation Schedule, a long-term

plan expiring in 2050..."

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Stay tuned with us!

(KL)

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