July 9, 2012. Germany plans talks with other European Union countries about the bloc's long-term climate goals and expects "intensive" discussions on the EU carbon-cut pathway in autumn, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said. The EU debate on its post-2020 strategy to lower greenhouse-gas discharges stalled after Poland in March blocked for a second time a political declaration to back a strategy paper by the European Commission on the cheapest carbon- reduction trajectory. Germany was trying to raise the issue of the so- called Low-Carbon Roadmap in June to stress its importance, Altmaier said.