Commissioner Margot Wallström (4 Oct 2009):
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai has said that “Until you dig a hole, plant a tree, water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” We all know this is a common and necessary phenomenon in politics. But together we have both dug and planted and watered. Now it’s a question of
nurturing and cultivating. And we actually do that by talking. Or, perhaps I should say, by having a dialogue.
