Tuesday’s vote [by the European parliament] has provoked much soul searching about the bloc’s devotion to an issue that once topped its agenda and shaped its self-image. These days, it is accepted that global warming has been consigned to a seat in the waiting room while the EU tends to a chronic economic crisis that has threatened the single currency and increased unemployment. Tuesday’s vote is only the latest evidence of how a crisis-hit continent’s appetite for climate change policies appears to have faded in recent months. --Joshua Chaffin, Pilita Clark and Neil Hume, Financial Times, 18 April 2013 [Registration Required]
