5. Points out that the informal meeting of the European Council on 11 February 2010 was originally convened to have a broad debate about a ‘vision’ for the EU up to 2020 including economic strategy and climate change, but in the end barely touched upon the follow-up to the global climate conference held in Copenhagen in December 2009, which should be a major issue for the development of the EU, and instead focused mainly on the deficit procedure against Greece;

In the run-up to the world climate conference in Copenhagen, the European Union has, unfortunately, lost the leading role that it had set itself.

– (DE) Mr President, I should like at this point to remind the House of an issue raised at the world climate conference in Poznán, because the commitment with which a technology that does not even work yet is being canvassed seems absurd to me.

The Action Plan of the Council and the Commission on how best to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on an area of freedom, security and justice , the Conclusions of the Tampere European Council of 15 and 16 October 1999, the Resolution of the European Parliament of 20 September 2000 on the European Union’s position at the World Conference Against Racism and the current situation in the Union and the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the biannual update of the Scoreboard to review progress on the creation of an area of ‘freedom, security and justice’ in the European Union (sec ...[+++]ond half of 2000) call for action in this field.

40. Suggests as a first step the holding of a parliamentary event before the gathering of Heads of States and Government in September 2005, which would be complementary to the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliament scheduled for 7-9 September 2005 in New York; states its preparedness to send a delegation to these parliamentary events; fully supports the creation of a Democracy Fund aimed at encouraging, establishing and strengthening democracy worldwide, as called for in the RSG;

37. Suggests as a first step the holding of a parliamentary event before the gathering of Heads of States and Government in September 2005, which would be complementary to the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliament scheduled for 7-9 September 2005 in New York; states its preparedness to send a delegation to these parliamentary events; fully supports the creation of a Democracy Fund aiming to encourage, establish and strengthen democracy worldwide, as called for in the Report by the Secretary-General;