Germany has slammed US President George W Bush's blueprint on climate change as Neanderthal, and accused him of backtracking on earlier pledges to fight global warming.
In a written statement, titled Bush's Neanderthal speech, German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the president gave a disappointing speech that fails to take account of the global challenges.
Referring to the aims set at the UN summit on the Indonesian island of Bali and the last G8 summit in Germany, Gabriel says Bush's speech showed not leadership but losership.
Bush outlined his vision on combating climate change on the eve of a two-day Major Emitters Meeting, a gathering of major carbon polluting countries, in Paris.