EP President Pöttering in Japan calls for partnership on climate change
Georges Markatatos, 11/2/2008,16:54
Main Source: European Parliament News Reports
As a recent article informs us, parliament's President Hans-Gert Pöttering used his five-day visit to Japan to stress the importance of a 'strategic partnership' between the EU and Tokyo to fight climate change. He told Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese MPs that Europe and Japan must work together. Mr Pöttering said he had chosen Japan for his first visit to Asia as President because of 'shared values' of democracy and constitutionalism. He also held talks with Emperor Akihito. In the land where the Kyoto protocol on climate change was signed the importance of finding an agreement beyond Kyoto is of considerable importance. The main focus of talks with Mr Fukuda on 5 February was the issue of how major industrialised countries can cooperate. In public comments President Pöttering praised the Prime Minister's speech on climate change at the World Economic Forum a few days ago, in which he stressed the importance of a fair and effective post Kyoto agreement. He also reiterated the Parliament's commitment to the targets for cuts in Europe's CO2 emissions recently outlined in the plenary chamber by President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. More<
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As a recent article informs us, parliament's President Hans-Gert Pöttering used his five-day visit to Japan to stress the importance of a 'strategic partnership' between the EU and Tokyo to fight climate change. He told Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese MPs that Europe and Japan must work together. 
