When the 20-20-20 commitment was adopted in March 2007, the decision was much trumpeted and sold to the public as another success for EU climate change policy. Then EU Council President Angela Merkel called it “a breakthrough,” and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso proclaimed it “the most ambitious package ever.”
在2007年三月20-20-20承诺被通过的时候，这个决定被作为欧盟气候变化政策的又一个成功向公众大力宣传和兜售。接着欧盟理事会主席安吉拉·默克尔把它称为一个“突破”，欧洲委员会主席若泽·曼努埃尔·巴罗佐宣布它是“历史上最有雄心的一揽子计划”。