21
May
2025
Watch
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (debate)
President, Commissioner. It is certainly clear that, when it comes to the CBAM mechanism, we need to understand that the European Union has been a leader in forcing and achieving results in the Paris Climate Agreement. And today, those who are trying to scare CBAM here to end the industry and so on, let's turn to one simple thing: Know how many premature deaths are caused by air pollution each year. As regards air pollution, I stress as a medical doctor, as a former expert of the World Health Organisation. If you want to defend the continuation of air pollution and do nothing to prevent us from stopping this, then remember that the shrinking of our workforce will be the biggest challenge for industry. Therefore, CBAM correction is necessary. Orderly, I would agree with those who see the doubt that simplification should not be a reduction in climate goals or a reduction in ambition, but we must remain leaders because it affects the global world in a very strong way.