Merkel: My duty as G20 president is finding ground for compromise
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her chief task during Germany鈥檚 G20 presidency is to 鈥渨ork on options for an agreement and not contribute to speechlessness". In an interview with weekly newspaper Die Zeit ahead of this year鈥檚 G20 summit in Hamburg, Merkel says political constellations in the group 鈥渉ave to be accepted the way they are鈥� without playing down conflicting positions. A good G20 agreement would 鈥渟how that we appropriately address global challenges and doesn鈥檛 whitewash dissent". Merkel reiterated her disappointment over US President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to pull his country out of the Paris Climate Agreement but emphasised that many US states and cities remained committed to curbing climate change and reducing CO2 emissions. The Chancellor also said the Paris deal 鈥渁ctually is no matter to be discussed within the G20 but a UN-process". At the same time, she argued, the group of the leading industrialised nations had found common positions on climate protection in the past, which was why the matter would be discussed within the forum.
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