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| Euro MPs seal major climate deal | Euro MPs seal major climate deal |
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| The European Parliament has backed a package of measures to combat global warming - seen as a key EU initiative. | The European Parliament has backed a package of measures to combat global warming - seen as a key EU initiative. |
| The plan, agreed by EU leaders last week, sets out how the 27 member states will cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. | The plan, agreed by EU leaders last week, sets out how the 27 member states will cut carbon emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. |
| With the backing of MEPs, the package - hailed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as "historic" - becomes law. | With the backing of MEPs, the package - hailed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as "historic" - becomes law. |
| But critics say concessions made to some industrial sectors will lessen the package's long-term impact. | But critics say concessions made to some industrial sectors will lessen the package's long-term impact. |
| "We have sealed the climate package," European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering said after Wednesday's vote in Strasbourg. | |
| It followed a year of tough talks between EU member states to secure the agreement. |