Parliament adopts Copenhagen summit resolution

The European Parliament adopted in Plenary a Resolution on the outcome of the Copenhagen summit. Motions for resolutions were drafted on behalf of the Socialist & Democratic (S&D) group, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, the Greens, the European People’s Party (EPP) group and the European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group. Jo Leinen (S&D, Germany) said that the European Parliament wanted to make it clear that efforts would have to be redoubled after the disappointing result of Copenhagen.

The Resolution to wind up the debate on statements by the Council and Commission pursuant to Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15), adopted in Plenary on 10 February, can be found here:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2010-0019+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN