The European Commission president has said that it was the ‘duty of Europe’ to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that ‘the Americans can’t just get…
The European Commission president has said that it was the duty of Europe to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that the Americans can’t just get out of the agreement, adding that it takes three to four years to pull out.
He added that the EU and China will also spell out how they plan to meet their commitments to the landmark international accord to fight global warming at talks in Brussels on Thursday.
Juncker went on to say that the Group of Seven leaders tried to explain this in clear simple sentences to Trump at a recent summit in Italy. He said that even though it looks like that attempt failed… the law is the law.
In a jibe at the US administration, Juncker told the audience at an event of the Confederation of German Employers in Berlin that not everything that is written in international agreements is fake news.
Juncker said, If the US president pulls out of the Paris agreement, and he will in the next days or hours, then it is Europe’s duty to say that that is not how it works.
A White House official said earlier in the day that Trump was planning to pull out of the Paris accord, although a final decision hadn’t been made.
