Ten EPP delegations push to delay ETS2, but the numbers are against them

Members from several of the EPP’s national delegations, including those from Poland, Italy, France, and Spain, have tabled amendments to scrap or delay ETS2, the upcoming carbon pricing system for heating and road transport. This sets them against their own group’s Peter Liese, Parliament’s rapporteur on the ETS review, whose draft report does not include ETS2.

The analysis sets out what the amendments propose, how they could move from the Environment Committee to the plenary vote, the arithmetic they would need to pass in plenary, and the options open to Liese in building a majority.