New policy of alliance between the EU and Brazil

The EU and Sweden attempted on Tuesday to determine a common political approach to climate policy in a meeting in Stockholm between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the current EU Council president and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. The liberal daily La Vanguardia writes: "The European Union is keen to garner Brazil's support in the run-up to the climate conference in Copenhagen this December. ... In fact this is the first time both for Brazil and for the EU that the Union has attempted to forge an alliance of this sort. An emerging country, Brazil would very much like to join the ranks of the major world powers. Brussels is now focussed on Brasilia in the fight against climate change, and turning away from countries like the US, China and India, which until now have led international debate on this important matter."

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