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| EU 'resolute' on climate change | EU 'resolute' on climate change |
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| EU leaders will maintain their targets and timetable for tackling climate change, despite objections from some nations, the French president has said. | EU leaders will maintain their targets and timetable for tackling climate change, despite objections from some nations, the French president has said. |
| At a summit in Brussels, Nicolas Sarkozy said "solutions" would be found for those that had expressed concerns. | At a summit in Brussels, Nicolas Sarkozy said "solutions" would be found for those that had expressed concerns. |
| Some countries have threatened to block a deal agreed last year for EU-wide cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, citing the economic slowdown. | |
| The split over climate change contrasts with EU unity over the banking crisis. | The split over climate change contrasts with EU unity over the banking crisis. |
| Mr Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said: "The climate package is so important that we cannot simply drop it, under the pretext of a financial crisis." | |
| European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said "we are not going to let up on the battle against climate change." | European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said "we are not going to let up on the battle against climate change." |
| All 27 EU states broadly support a bank rescue plan proposed for the bloc and the holding of a summit on world financial reform, Mr Sarkozy said. | All 27 EU states broadly support a bank rescue plan proposed for the bloc and the holding of a summit on world financial reform, Mr Sarkozy said. |
| Eurozone leaders have agreed on a comprehensive package designed to shore up banks, including making more than a 1,000bn euros ($1,366bn) available for interbank loans. | Eurozone leaders have agreed on a comprehensive package designed to shore up banks, including making more than a 1,000bn euros ($1,366bn) available for interbank loans. |
| Mr Sarkozy said the EU wanted to launch "a new Bretton Woods summit" in November, referring to the 1944 meeting which led to the creation of the International Monetary Fund and other global institutions. | Mr Sarkozy said the EU wanted to launch "a new Bretton Woods summit" in November, referring to the 1944 meeting which led to the creation of the International Monetary Fund and other global institutions. |
| Other G8 industrialised nations have also signed up to the summit. | Other G8 industrialised nations have also signed up to the summit. |