20
May
2026
Watch
Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)
Madam President, I'd like to address the Commissioner. Mr Commissioner, you repeatedly state that the ETS works well. But what do we see? Strategic sectors delay investments due to low investment return. The same strategic sectors shut down and move production outside the EU. The rate of promised new green jobs is negligible compared to the jobs lost in the EU. Coal and lignite power plants are, against the logics of today's global situation, forced to close. So if you say that ETS works well, Mr Commissioner, what is the real goal of ETS? The economic destruction of Europe? The high prices of ETS are the enemy of Europe and the friend of Europe's competitors. So, Mr Commissioner, I have a question for you: are you a true European patriot or are you a friend of the ETS? Because at the same time you cannot be both.