24/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – The Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI), Pascal Canfin, made a “solemn appeal” to the European Commission not to extend the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to building heating and road transport, on Thursday 24 June, during a debate among MEPs ahead of the vote on the Climate Law (see other news). “Don’t give the populists on the left and right the argument that we are going to pay back part of the European Recovery Plan with the increase in heating and diesel bills of all citizens: it is politically and climatically suicidal”, he specifically said, mentioning the example of the yellow vests in France. As the Commission presents its proposal for the revision of the ETS on 14 July, the institution seems to be considering the creation of an “adjacent” system for these two sectors, coupled with a new social fund (see EUROPE 12702/8; 12737/14). (DG)