Angela Merkel defended the outcome of Copenhagen, saying that critics are the hands of those who block progress. The German Chancellor said Sunday in the weekly Bild am Sonntag "that" Copenhagen is a first step towards a new global climate policy, but no more no less.
"Whoever does that say bad things about Copenhagen is providing support to those who put the brakes rather than advance," laments the Chancellor. To her, he must now build on the foundations of the Copenhagen agreement.
The climate conference ended on Saturday on an "agreement in Copenhagen", a compromise not legally binding