In a joint declaration on April 4, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General economic Interest (CEEP) want to be closely linked with European policy on climate and energy. A significant step was taken with the European Commission publishing, on January 24, the climate change and energy package. (Ref. 080277)
The energy-climate package determines a
certain number of goals to promote energy efficiency and for the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions, following the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol signed
by the European community in 1998 and which must be ratified by the 27 countries
by 2009.
Climate and energy, an
incubator for employment. The energy-climate
package will, in time, have an impact on employment in many sectors, such as innovation,
transportation, industrial production or even to
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