国内英语资讯:World leaders call for courage, efforts to make 2020 a better year_时事

国内英语资讯:World leaders call for courage, efforts to make 2020 a better year

She emphasized the need to halt climate change, a "real" threat. The younger generation will have to live with the consequences of climate change if politicians do not act, Merkel said, adding that she will do her utmost to ensure that Germany "makes its contribution ecologically, economically, socially" to get the issue under control.

In the New Year's Eve address broadcast live on Tuesday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push through the government's pension reform plan, which was met with union-led national strikes in December.

"The pension reform will be fully carried out," said Macron, adding he hopes to quickly find a compromise with unions.

The promise to take Britain out of the European Union by the end of January was reaffirmed, and national efforts to usher in a remarkable decade of prosperity and opportunity were urged by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first New Year message at 10 Downing Street.

"The first item on my agenda is to fulfil the will of the electorate and take us out of the European Union," said Johnson. "We can start a new chapter in the history of our country, in which we come together and move forward united, unleashing the enormous potential of the British people."

For 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his New Year's statement on Wednesday made reforms a priority for his government, including creating a social security system that can help people live in a more carefree manner.