Not a referendum in sight for most of us but our unelected EU commissioners propose to give away E15 bln of our money.
The European Union will propose giving developing countries 15 billion euros annually to help fight climate change, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Wednesday.
Reinfeldt said that the figure, which represents a target annual contribution to be reached by 2020, is a "starting-point" in negotiations on a new global deal to combat climate change after Kyoto Protocol requirements expire in 2012.
"The (European) Commission has presented 15 billion (euros) as the European part of the global response," said Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.
World leaders will meet at a crucial summit in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a successor to Kyoto.
Reinfeldt said the commission proposal still "has to be discussed with all the EU member states. It's a starting point of discussion."
The load will be shared between EU members based on gross domestic product "and other factors like emission levels", he added.
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