Daul does deeply delusional

Don't take my word for it, go read this at the Parliament magazine, the French CAP mountain claims that the Belgian EU Presidency will be a clear success

His argument seems to be as Belgian is utterly riven with internal problems it has made no real claims for its Presidency. Previous countries holding the Presidency have failed to achieve their vaunted desires.

Belgian has none, therefore it cannot be a failure.

Interesting idea of what success is you have there Mr Daul.

He ends it with as good a package of meaningless Eurospeak as I have ever read,

"The challenges are tremendous, and the road is scattered with obstacles, but I am convinced that the Belgian Government, wielding the tools at its disposal and taking every possible advantage of its particular situation, will be able to promote our priorities for a Europe of growth and employment, with financial regulation. And a Europe of security and freedom, for the benefit of our fellow citizens."

He really should sack Babelfish and get himself someone whose first language isn't dribble.

Bad Joke politician explains what Climate policy is all about

The magnificently named (given his job title) Joke Schauvliege, who is the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, and current holder of the rotating Chair of the EU's Environment Council has joined forces with the European Commissioner for Climate action, Connie Hedegaard to put out a statement after the Council's informal Environmental Council in Ghent yesterday.

And it is a corker. For it makes explicit what it is that is driving the climate alarmist agenda. It is not so much the dangers to the climate per se that makes them all so keen on global legislation and Carbon Credits, and Cap and trade and all that maklarky, but what is does for them, the transnational political elite,

"Having no concrete outcome in Cancun would be unacceptable. It would not only
put the UNFCCC and the role of multilateralism at risk, but we would also run the risk of losing public support for the process and for our climate policies in general ."

Please note what the concern is here, firstly it is about governance, about pan national governance, not about the climate itslef. The collapse in support for AGW/Climate Change driven policies threatens the elite, not the climate.

On a different (bum?) note I just wonder what they might mean by this?

it could also entail bottom-up measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission on the
short term.

Corks maybe?