Round-up of Brussels December plenary session

As an international conference on climate change gets underway in Poznan, Poland, leading MEPs urged the adoption of binding CO2 cuts. Members also pushed for the adoption by European Ministers of a climate and energy package before the end of the year.

The two-day sitting in Brussels on 3-4 December brought condemnation for the terrorism rampage in Mumbai. The exiled Tibetan leader told the House that his patience with Beijing was waning and asked MEPs to help in the educational and cultural support for Tibetans who are threatened by a growing Han Chinese minority in the region.
 
More on the Dalai Lama's speech and other debates from the session can be found below.