The last UN climate talks in Brazil in November 2025 ended with a watered-down agreement that France called disappointing

The last UN climate talks in Brazil in November 2025 ended with a watered-down agreement that France called disappointing

The European Union must be "less naive" and "more transactional" in global climate negotiations and consider using financial and trade leverage to assert its position, the French ecology ministry said Tuesday.

The comments came before a meeting of EU environment ministers in Cyprus this week to review last November's UN climate summit, which ended with a watered-down pact that omitted EU demands over fossil fuels.

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