It is an important day at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. MEPs from the 27 Member States are preparing to vote on eight texts relating to the climate. They will affect our daily lives, whether in the automotive industry, in industry or even in the management of our resources. The objective is for the European Union to be able to meet its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and achieve the objective of carbon neutrality by 2050. Among the key measures, a draft long-standing: the implementation of a carbon tax at borders.
“A very clear change of approach”
This is an idea that had already been mentioned under Jacques Chirac. The principle is simple: impose an additional cost on products imported into the European Union, calculated according to the CO2 emissions that this production has generated. For MEP Pascal Canfin, this is a major change in Europe’s position on the climate. “It’s a change of software, of mentality, of approach, very clear from Europe on the seriousness of the climate”, he assures at the microphone of Europe 1.
“We cannot be the only ones to be serious on the climate plan, with the rest of the world which would not be, if at the same time we do not ensure fair conditions of competition, if we do not ensure a struggle against dumping climate”, asserts the MEP. “That would mean that we are shooting ourselves in the foot since we are telling our industrialists, you pay yourself, but not your competitors.” The text should be voted on by a majority of MEPs this Wednesday.
Subject to a unanimous vote of the Twenty-Seven
On the other hand, a text could get stuck: the ban on the sale of thermal cars by 2035. Two options are on the table: some MEPs propose that 100% of cars, which do not respect zero CO2 emissions, be banned from sale by 2035.
Others set this limit at 90%, but without a total ban date. It will be decided by a few votes, one of the members of the European Parliament told Europe 1 on Tuesday. Once these eight texts have been voted on in Parliament, they will then have to be validated by all of Twenty-Seven in order to be implemented.
Source: Europe1
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