On Tuesday 7 June, meeting in Strasbourg on the eve of a series of votes on eight proposals in the ‘Fit for 55’ of climate legislation, MEPs expressed serious differences over the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the creation of a new carbon market for buildings and road transport (ETS2) and the end of sales of new internal combustion cars and vans from 2035.
Unsurprisingly, their discussions on the ‘Fit for 55’ package included reducing the number of emission...