When he did decide to join in the game of chess on the board of emission rights, though, he appeared willing to sacrifice many pawns, including, in the end, his king, on his own chess board.

Uncertainties by the general public about health, safety and environmental effects can restrict available capital and prevent companies from launching products involving nanotechnologies.

10. Insists that Member States should commit themselves to boost research and investment in human capital across the European economy and reorientate public spending towards increasing environmentally friendly production and the improvement of skills and life-long learning; calls for the identification of relevant projects to be accompanied by an assessment not only of their economic and financial viability, but also of their impact on employment and sustainable development; urges that life-long learning and clean technology projects should therefore be included in the forthcoming 'quick-start programme';

The Communication is intended to initiate a political discussion in the European Parliament and Council of Ministers on the European Union's (EU) interests at stake at WRCs, to ensure appropriate involvement of all interested parties in the preparatory process, and to contribute to the formulation of common European positions on the vital issues.

If our partners play the same game, we will succeed in launching a trade round where everyone wins.

While this Green Paper broadly reflects these points on which there is consensus, it is mainly concerned with initiating a wide-ranging debate on the options the European Union should take for the future on the basis of three lines of actions: the rules of the game, financial incentives and convergence of national support systems.