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EU agrees binding energy/climate goals -Merkel

09 Mar 2007 11:59:41 GMT
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BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed a full package of binding measures on Friday to build a common energy policy and fight climate change, challenging the world to follow suit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Merkel, who chaired a two-day summit, said the decisions taken by the 27-nation bloc, including a disputed binding target for renewable energy sources, were "ambitious and credible".

"I personally am very satisfied and happy that it has been possible to oepen the door into a whole new dimension of European cooperation in the years to come in the area of energy and combating climate change," she told a final news conference.

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