MEPs were sharply divided on Wednesday 16 March over the role that the future ‘ETS 2’ system - which extends the greenhouse gas emission allowance system to the construction and road transport sectors - could play in financing the Social Climate Fund, during an intense debate at a joint meeting of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and the Environment and Health (ENVI) committee.
Turning to the content of the first meeting held the day before between the negotiators...