Merkel Open about Disagreement with U.S. on Climate
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-1156575.html
In her closing G-20 speech on Saturday, Merkel noted that the summit’s final declaration reveals clear disagreement with the U.S. on climate issues. She says she’s not optimistic that Washington will return to the Paris climate agreement.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel didn’t mince words on Saturday when talking about the results of the G-20 summit in Hamburg. While she said that participants agree that markets must remain open and protectionism resisted, she was much less sanguine about the climate passages in the summit’s closing declaration. She said that the disagreement with the U.S. was clearly stated in the declaration.
She also said she doesn’t share the belief of some that the U.S. will ultimately return to the Paris climate agreement. “I don’t share that optimism,” she said in her closing speech, adding that the closing declaration clearly enunciates the dissent between the U.S. and the other 19 members of the G-20. “On this issue, it has become very clear that we were unable to find a consensus.” This disagreement should not be “covered up.”
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