EPP

The only thing that can be said about Edward McMillan-Scott’s political suicide is that it came after his death, writes Chris White.

At the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, the Chairman of the European People’s Party (EPP) Joseph Daul MEP, reaffirmed his group's objective: to limit the rise of the average annual global temperature to 2° above pre-industrial levels  - the so called 2°C Objective. The EPP also supports the establishment of binding targets for reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrialised countries - with similar commitments for emerging economies - by 30% compared to 1990 by the year 2020.

Environmental concerns pervade every area of political policy these days, and nowhere is this more true than in those areas of governance that are concerned with trans-national issues.