On Friday 16 December, the European Court of Auditors published an opinion on the Social Climate Fund proposal as adopted by the Member States in June (see EUROPE B12982A7).
As EU Council and European Parliament co-legislators began a third negotiation meeting on the Fund on the morning of 16 December, which could last until 17 December (see EUROPE B13084A22), the Court highlighted the fragility of the Fund’s financing balance.
The latter is to be funded initially by ETS2, the new...