Instead of helping all EU member states to meet their own Kyoto goals, the European Commission is shifting what should be a shared burden onto its newest members, which are already the most environmentally efficient in the European Union. In doing so, the Commission is rewarding inefficiency and reducing the effectiveness of its commitments to clean up the environment.
RIGA——欧盟委员会不帮助所有欧盟成员国实现各自的《京都议定书》目标，反而将本应共同分担的责任推到最新成员国头上。在欧盟内部，这些新成员国的环保效率已经是最高的，因此，委员会这样做，是在奖励低效率，会降低欧盟为净化环境所做 努力的效果。