On Monday 19 December in Brussels, the respective Ministers for the Environment warmly thanked the Slovak presidency of the Council of the EU, for the progress made during its mandate on the project for the long-term reform of the emissions trading system (ETS). Nonetheless, the Presidency was unable to obtain a general approach on this dossier.
Too many questions remain pending, as demonstrated in its progress report but all the delegations considered that its most recent draft compromise,...