EU leaders issue rare euro rate warning
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The warning came as the economic downturn focused European leaders on the impact on industry of their groundbreaking agreement last year to cut carbon emissions by 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. (article 2)
Brussels EU leaders clashed last night over how to cut greenhouse gases a year after making climate change their top priority with a series of tough targets. (article 7)
The leaders also moved to reassure investors and businesses that Europe's economy can weather the financial storm, adding that the bloc's euro currency can withstand " undesirable volatility and disorderly movements of exchange rates. (article 5)
Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa told reporters after the two-day summit that EU leaders agreed to a climate change timetable to ensure the EU stakes out a leadership role in international climate change talks. (article 5)
Slovenia's PM, who is chairing the summit, said the leaders had approved a timetable to implement an agreed 20% cut by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. (article 3)
The statement, released as the euro touched yet another record high against the dollar of $1.5651, was unusual for an EU summit, where heads of state and government normally steer clear of direct comment on exchange rates. (article 1)
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