No alignment on ETS revision in ENVI

On 4 November, the European Parliament Environment Committee (ENVI) held another discussion on the Emissions Trading System (ETS) revision, giving some flavour to where the political groups are positioning themselves. Rapporteur Peter Liese repeated his invitation to the centre-left and to ECR, and speakers from the Socialists and Democrats, Renew, the Greens, the Patriots, and ECR set out their views before the Commission wrapped up the debate.

The update sets out the groups’ positions on the linear reduction factor, free allocation and conditionality, international credits, the maritime ETS, and the Modernisation Fund, and what Liese’s concluding remarks suggest about his preferred coalition ahead of the ENVI committee vote.