Resoconto integrale delle discussioni

Mercoledì 22 giugno 2022 - Bruxelles

26.1. Revisione del sistema per lo scambio di quote di emissioni nell'UE (A9-0162/2022 - Peter Liese)

Oral explanations of vote

  Jessica Stegrud (ECR). – Madam President, the bickering about different parts of the EU’s climate laws is a distraction from the real issue, which is the climate laws as a whole. With a share of 7% of global CO2 emissions, the EU relies on large nations from other parts of the world to join in on the climate measures. But they are not.

China and India currently depend on cheap energy like coal, oil and gas. As we use less of it, it gets cheaper and they will use more. This means that we are subsidising their consumption and hurting our own economy, all while we’re not decreasing total global emissions.

The solution isn’t more unrealistic goal-setting and climate socialism, but investing in research, technology and innovation, instead of bankrupting both our citizens and our companies.

  President. – That concludes the oral explanations of vote.