Ms Kadri Simson:

The COP conference last year in Glasgow was a success. We managed to convince major economic players to come towards the climate neutrality targets. That also has triggered the high demand for energy. We are all aware that China is using more and more energy to replace coal. This means that their emissions, year by year, have to decrease. They have promised that they would reach a peak within this decade and then their emissions will decline. Indeed, we will meet the Paris commitment only with the help of global players. Europe is responsible for 9%, and a lot of our international work is dedicated to convincing other Governments to do their part. I guess that we are successful because they do see that our green deal is not only about our responsibility to take care of global warming challenges. They understand that this is also a cross strategy and that we will replace the energy import bill where, for example, the EU paid €300 billion last year for gas, oil and coal. We will replace that with something we will produce here. If this is convincing enough and is also a strategy that creates jobs here, then they will follow the path.