(AP) -- France and Germany urged smaller European Union economies not to use the world financial meltdown as an excuse to gut legislation that aims to combat global warming with deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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GrayMouser,
you probably mean gut the legislation,but,most in the EU would rather gut the EU itself or even the Politbureau in Brussels.You can hear the first Guillotine being built from here.
A coordinated European response to climate change is an important thing for many people. Of course, the preceding comments were made by people with a tenuous grip on reality (or a very firm grip on insanity, whichever).
"The current EU is under a lot of fire for ruining European economy". Velanarris, the United States has effectively ruined the European economy because it failed to regulate its banking system. Climate change regulation had nothing to do with it.
The Evil Union's CO2 policy is the equivalent of taking your worn tyres off your car a year before you can even think of getting new ones,and your car is the only way to get to work.
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