The very principle of the Social Climate Fund and its financing in conjunction with the future ‘ETS 2’, which aims to extend the greenhouse gas emissions trading system to the construction and road sectors, were the subject of a major division among Member States during an exchange of views at the ‘Environment’ Council, on Thursday 17 March.
Following the example of the debates in the European Parliament (see EUROPE B12913A29), three groups of countries have emerged.
A first group...