Peter Liese: Happy that compromise passed / Important improvements

“I am very happy that the compromise passed,” said Peter Liese, climate policy spokesperson of the biggest group in the European Parliament (EPP, Christian Democrats). On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted its position on the climate target for 2040 with a clear majority.

The Parliament took over the Council’s position with two important improvements. Liese explained: “The EPP governments in Council changed the Commission proposal in a way that made the text much more realistic. Many long-standing demands of EPP such as technology neutrality and a more reasonable approach on ETS1 and CBAM as well as enabling conditions are included. I personally regret the one-year postponement of ETS2 but in the spirit of compromise I accepted it. The Parliament even improved the already very good Council text. The main point is that international credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement shouldn’t go against the strategic interest of the European Union. In the past, Chinese companies created f-gases which are very bad for the climate only because the European Union gave out certificates for their destruction. We need to have high quality projects and we don’t want to finance Chinese industry.”

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