Germany Thursday slammed US President George Bush's blueprint on climate
change as "Neanderthal" and accused him of backtracking on earlier pledges to
fight global warming.
"The president gave a disappointing speech that fails to take account of the
global challenges," German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in a written
statement titled "Bush's Neanderthal speech."
"His words mark a retreat from Bali, they are even behind what was undertaken in
Heiligendamm," he added referring to the aims set at the UN summit on the
Indonesian island and the last G8 summit in Germany. "His speech showed not
leadership but losership. We are glad that there are also other voices in the
United States," Gabriel added.
Bush outlined his vision on combating climate change on the eve of a two-day
Major Emitters Meeting (MEM), a gathering of major carbon polluting countries,
in Paris. ...