” “A set of proposals to "implement the European strategy for a new energy policy and for the fight against climate change": the public presentation of the measures that the EU Commission intends to take to implement the decisions adopted by the European Council in Berlin in March 2007 should take place today. An event that president José Manuel Barroso has called, on several occasions, "fundamental" for the environmental and economic future of the EU. Barroso will speak at a special session of the European Parliament, assisted by the Environment MEP Stavros Dimas and the Energy MEP Andris Piebalgs. The debate will be followed by a press presentation. "The package of proposals for energy and for the fight against climate change explains a note from the EU Commission concerns: the decision to share efforts for the global reduction of emissions by 20%; the revision of the directive on the exchange of quotas; the directive on renewable energies, including the use of bio-fuels; the directive on carbon pits; the guidelines on state aids for the protection of the environment".” “
