Deputy PM: Czechia must fiercely fight for emission scheme changes

Czechia must persistently and relentlessly fight for changes in the EU's emission allowance system, Deputy PM and Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlíček (ANO) said in Brussels ahead of today's meeting of the EU's industry ministers, where he intends to raise the issue. He already presented a six-point scenario on how to approach the change in the emission trading system at a morning meeting on energy-intensive industries.

Havlíček said it was encouraging that more countries are starting to discuss changes to the emissions trading system in a relatively rational way, and that the Czech position is gradually gaining traction.The downside, he added, is that the majority of states still do not want to change the system.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) also considers it his government's main task to fight for changes to emission allowances in the European Union.  Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary support the Czech position calling for a change to the ETS1 emissions allowance system.