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'Nasty' Tories would choke off climate change aid
November 26, 2009 12:00 AM
David Cameron's Tory MEPs have launched a last minute attempt to scupper the EU's Copenhagen position of arguing for climate change aid for developing countries.
In today's European Parliament debate on the EU strategy for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, Conservative MEP Martin Callanan tabled an amendment that would have removed the EU-wide commitment to provide "new and additional" money for funding mitigation and adaptation measures for the developing countries that are suffering from man-made climate change. The amendment was massively defeated by 33 votes to 638.
In a separate amendment, the Conservatives also opposed the Parliament's long-standing position that part of the money raised by the European Emissions Trading Scheme should be earmarked for developing countries' climate change needs. This was defeated by 78 votes to 588.
South West MEP Graham Watson, who will be attending the Copenhagen conference said:
"Once again, the Tory mask has slipped, revealing that underneath they are still the nasty party.
"The developed world is responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions, but the worst of the impact is felt in developing countries.
"It is typical of the Tories to act like this away from the Westminster spotlight.
"Not only are they stabbing the world's poorest in the back, but they are also jeopardising an agreement in Copenhagen."
Graham has highlighted the shameful actions of Tories in the European Parliament in previous articles; http://www.grahamwatsonmep.org/news/000648/look_to_europe_if_you_want_to_see_the_real_face_of_the_conservative_party.html
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