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...Rompuy recognized that the wider European public sees him as an unknown quantity, and he addressed it head-on after the summit. "There has been a great deal of talk and comment about the future profile and image of the President of the Council," he said. "But the key things are dialogue, unity and action: the image of the Council resides in strength through results...
...inject environmentally friendly practices” into the community and to “influence more global activities.” Simmons plans to use the Congress’ findings in any suggestions the City makes to the state and federal government, as well as to the global summit on climate change occurring in Copenhagen in June...
Early in January, world leaders had hoped that the Copenhagen summit would lead to a new climate accord. But climate legislation has lost momentum in Congress. Leaders said this week that no agreement would be reached in Copenhagen...
...Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who is chairing the summit, countered that it was naive to think the E.U. could have an open contest or an official field of declared contenders. "It sends the signal to the people of your country, 'I'm on my way to another job. On Monday, I'm back again and I didn't get it, but I still love you,' " Reinfeldt said. "Sorry, anyone who has been in politics knows that that's unrealistic." (See 10 things to do in Sweden...
...once the star of the French government and an icon of racial diversity near the summit of power. But now Rama Yade - the Senegal-born minister whom President Nicolas Sarkozy once called "my Condi Rice" - has angered her boss, alienated colleagues and fallen into such disgrace that her ejection from the cabinet is virtually certain during a shake-up next spring. About the only thing not failing Yade these days is public opinion - which continues to rank the outspoken 32-year-old higher than any of the politicians now yearning for her ouster...