There is inevitably a strong temptation within all national parliaments, and perhaps even for some of you here, to balk at the challenge, to think: ‘What is the point? Let us wait for Copenhagen, let us wait for the new US Administration to be formed’, or even, in view of the financial, industrial and social crisis, to think ‘this is not the right time’.
La tentation est forcément grande dans tous les parlements nationaux, voire peut-être pour certains ici, de refuser l’obstacle, de se dire: «à quoi bon, attendons Copenhague, attendons la formation de la nouvelle administration américaine» ou encore, étant donné la crise financière, industrielle et sociale, «ce n’est pas le moment».