EU leaders, meeting at a summit in Brussels, decided on Thursday to postpone to a next meeting in December any decision on their new greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030, the subject of sharp differences between the member states .
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will return to the subject at their summit in December with a view to agreeing on a new greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030
" and submit it in time to the United Nations as part of the Paris agreement, according to the summit's conclusions. The European Commission is aiming for a reduction of at least 55% compared to the 1990 level, but several eastern states, led by Poland, consider it impractical for them.