"The U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol endangers the entire process."
"There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation."
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Source: Laurent Fignon (2010). “We Were Young and Carefree: The Autobiography of Laurent Fignon”, p.58, Random House
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