EurActiv: The Parliament has brought forward the date of a plenary vote on the EU’s climate and energy proposals in what is widely seen as a strategic move to avoid being handed a fragile compromise between national governments that leaves MEPs little room for manoeuvre. On 3 and 4 December 2008, the full Parliament will vote on a package of four proposals, tabled by the Commission on 23 January this year to reduce the EU’s CO2 emissions by 2020 while boosting the share of renewable energies to …