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Debate: Urgent need to adopt the minimum tax directive
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Frans Timmermans
Language: EN

Secondly, of course many of us would have liked the levels of taxation to be higher, but also many of us campaigned for many years to get the minimum corporate tax approved. And the argument against it was always the same: you can’t compete if we do it as Europeans on our own. Please wait for the OECD to take the measure.  Now we have a measure in the OECD and I think we’re under an obligation to make the best of it. And since more than 130 countries have subscribed to this, the risk of unfair competition for European companies is gone. It’s gone. And if countries do not apply the rules, after a couple of years we can intervene, we can let countries act against companies who don’t pay the minimum tax.  Now, my final comment is this. I’ve heard it said again today, ‘Oh, it’s too much of a burden. We shouldn’t do it.’ What are you going to say to the grocer on the corner of the street, to the baker, to the butcher, who do pay normal taxes, that these big international corporations always find ways not to pay taxes. Now they can’t escape anymore if we start with this.  So I thank Parliament for its support on this measure. I also believe we need to do what we can do now and we need to put as much pressure as we can on those Member States which don’t want to agree yet. And then the second part will follow. I do not think we should wait for the whole package, two parts of it, to be adopted immediately. And I strongly believe that if we send a signal tomorrow, we will start creating a fairer tax base across the board. And the idea that if you run a local shop, you pay taxes, and then if the shop next door is part of an international corporation, it doesn’t pay taxes – that idea can be put to sleep forever in Europe. And I think this is what our citizens expect of us.
Debate: Urgent need to adopt the minimum tax directive
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Enikő Győri
Political group: NI
Country: Luxembourg
Language: HU

Immár három éve nem értem, miért akarja aláásni a baloldal az Unió versenyképességét. A gazdasági válságra egyetlen receptjük van: az eladósítás és az adóemelés. Sajnálatos, hogy úgy kell fogalmaznom, szerencse, hogy az EP-nek, így a relatív baloldali többségének a témában nincs szava. Még viccnek is rossz, hogy egy 136 ország által jóváhagyott megállapodást ideológiai csatározás tárgyává tegyünk. Most az Unió egységének megerősítésére és ellenállóbbá tételére van szükség, ezek a javaslatok pedig ezzel ellentétesek. Az EP ne legyen az európai versenyképesség ellensége.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Nicola Beer
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Cyrus Engerer im Namen des Ausschusses für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit über den Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Änderung des Beschlusses (EU) 2015/1814 in Bezug auf die Menge der Zertifikate, die bis 2030 in die Marktstabilitätsreserve für das System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionszertifikaten in der Union einzustellen sind (
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Cyrus Engerer
Country: Romania
Language: MT

L-istabbiltà kienet proprju r-raġuni għalfejn dan l-istrument, il- Filwaqt li l-ambjent kellu solljev mill-attività umana li tant tikkawżalu ħsara, ma waqafniex naħdmu biex nipproteġu l-ambjent tagħna b'mod aktar permanenti. Konna l-ewwel kontinent li waqt pandemija ħdimna u għaddejna liġi dwar il-klima, ikkommettejna lilna nfusna li nkunu newtrali mill-karbonju sal-2050, u nedejna pakkett ambizzjuż, il- Fhimna, li biex inżommu l-istabbiltà u biex nibqgħu għaddejjin fi triqitna biex nilħqu l-miri ambjentali tagħna u klimatiċi tagħna, kellna naħdmu minnufih bħala Parlament, fuq il-pariri tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea, biex nestendu l- Għalhekk fi ftit xhur irnexxielna mhux biss naħdmu fuq il-liġi li testendi dak li għandna llum iżda għaddejniha mill-Kumitat għall-Ambjent b'mod spedit u qegħdin hawn illum biex nissiġillaw dak li diġà qbilna dwaru. Jidher però, li dan mhux l-istess għall-Kunsill tal-Unjoni Ewropea. Jidher li min-naħa tal-Kunsill għadhom lanqas biss bdew id-diskussjonijiet dwar jekk jaqblux ma' din l-estensjoni jew le, u għalhekk, ippermettili nagħmel appell - appell biex il-Kunsill tal-Ministri jiċċaqlaq fuq din l-estensjoni importanti għall-familji u n-negozji Ewropej - estensjoni li tiżgura stabbiltà fi żmien li hawn ħafna bżonnha; estensjoni li tassigura li nżommu mal-ambizzjoni ambjentali tagħna waqt li fl-istess ħin inħarsu l-interessi tal-iktar ċittadini vulnerabbli fl-Unjoni Ewropea. Għaliex irridu li jkollna tranżizzjoni ħadra u ambjentali li tkun waħda ġusta għal kulħadd - tranżizzjoni li ma tħalli lil ħadd jaqa' lura. Ippermettuli qabel ma nikkonkludi nirringrazzja lix- Intemm b'appell: irridu nħarsu din l-art li ngħixu fuqha għaliex l-ebda bniedem ma jgħix mingħajr id-dinja tagħna, iżda fil-verità d-dinja tkompli tgħix mingħajrna l-bnedmin.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Frans Timmermans
Language: EN

The market stability reserve (MSR) for the EU emissions trading system (ETS) has been operational since 2019. This reserve is a very important part of our ETS. It has now shown that it fulfils its role of reducing historic surpluses of allowances. This improves the ETS’s resilience against major demand shocks, such as the COVID-19 crisis. I want to briefly back this up with a couple of figures. As a result of the operation of the MSR in recent years, the surplus of allowances has decreased from 1.65 billion in 2018 to 1.38 billion allowances in 2019. The increase in the surplus of emission allowances that one could have seen in 2020 due to lower emissions because of COVID-19 was limited also thanks to the MSR. The MSR operates based on clear and pre—determined rules. The most important of these rules are the ones on placing allowances in the reserve and releasing them from it. The proposal that we will debate today does one thing: keep the 24 % intake rate of emission allowances for the MSR, also beyond 2024. And let me explain again why. In the last reform of the ETS, it was decided to temporarily double the rate at which allowances are placed in the reserve to allow for a faster reduction of the historic surplus in the market from 12 to 24 %. However, that previously agreed higher intake rate would only apply until 2023, and would revert back to the legal default of 12 % thereafter. When considering the broader revision of the ETS, as part of Fit for 55, we of course also looked at the MSR. Our impact assessment shows that reverting to 12 % would not reduce the surplus fast enough. To maintain a well—functioning ETS, the Commission has therefore proposed to make this one targeted proposal in order to maintain the higher 24 % integrate for the MSR and, accordingly, the higher minimum amount of allowances to be placed in the reserve 200 million. We put this change forward in a proposal that is separate from the broader revision of the ETS to give predictability to the markets on the future operation of the reserve. We welcome the broad support in the Environment Committee for this, and I hope that this is confirmed this week here, in Parliament. A well—functioning ETS is key to deliver on our climate ambition by 2030. The proposals on the intake rate for the MSR is a small part of that, and I count on your support also for the broader reform that we have on the table. I will listen carefully to what you will say.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Claudia Gamon
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Damit dieser Emissionshandel weiterhin ein so effizientes, verlässliches und schockresistentes Instrument bleibt, gibt es seit 2019 die Marktstabilitätsreserve. Der ITRE-Ausschuss hat meinen Vorschlag zur Verlängerung der MSR bis zum Ende der Handelsperiode mit großer Mehrheit angenommen. Damit verhindern wir ein Auslaufen der MSR 2023. Etwaige Veränderungen an der Funktionsweise der MSR werden, wenn das denn erforderlich sein sollte, im Rahmen der Überarbeitung des Emissionshandels diskutiert. Vielleicht werden wir dazu ja jetzt auch noch ein paar Punkte hören. Ich möchte mich bei den Kolleginnen und Kollegen bedanken, die mich bei der Arbeit an der MSR unterstützt haben und sichergestellt haben, dass der europäische Emissionshandel weiterhin so ein starkes Instrument zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels ist.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Last year, as part of the Fit for 55 package, the Commission proposed also the first review of the ETS and Market Stability Reserve (MSR) following an impact assessment. I would like to reiterate that the assessment showed the MSR should be adapted to avoid shocks and to ensure complementarity, coherence and effectiveness in achieving the 2030 and 2050 climate ambition. It also revealed that the 12% intake rate would not be enough to ensure that the objectives of the MSR in terms of reducing the surplus and ensuring market resilience will still be fulfilled. It is only fair to continue with the doubled intake rate for a few years and ensure that any review and adjustment of the MSR intake rate in the future should aim to minimise regulatory complexity and market speculation, while ensuring a maximum degree of market predictability and that the EU ETS is fit for purpose in line with the Union’s increased climate ambitions for 2030. This is the reason why the EPP has tabled this amendment on this matter. While the overall revision of the MSR decision is part of the ETS revision, this file was due to have a fast-track procedure, that’s why we had a political agreement to proceed in a fast-track procedure with the MSR revision. This was a challenge for most of us, and we had very ambitious colleagues, but we mustn’t forget the realities that the economies of our countries face, that our industry face, especially the heavy ones, and more recently the challenge of the energy supply. So the EPP position is the 24% intake, and we need to ensure the intake rate of 22% is maintained and not increased, until in the future when a broader revision as part of the ETS will come with a solid impact assessment. Thank you so much.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Jytte Guteland
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

The historical problem with the EU ETS has been the high surplus of allowances after the euro and financial crisis. This has resulted in low prices, weak signals for industry to decarbonise. But the creation of the MSR and also the Swedish proposal in the last reform actually saved the European Union from – if we count from my home country, Sweden – 50 years of Swedish emissions. This is probably the main reason why the ETS prices are finally sending the right signal to the industry. And this is why we also now see a new green industrial revolution with new innovations such as green hydrogen popping up across Europe. However, after the pandemic, we now see a new large surplus: 30 years of Swedish emissions, if we should use my home country again to show you the picture. Weakening the MSR at this stage would be a huge mistake. Today, I hope for a very broad support for a continuously strong MSR without limiting further ambition in the ETS negotiations. I want to thank my S&D colleague and rapporteur for good work and wish you the very best for the trilogues that we have ahead of us.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Emma Wiesner
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: SV

Vi måste kunna hantera andra kriser parallellt med att vi hanterar klimatkrisen. Klimatomställningen får inte vara det första som offras vid en kris. Men om man, likt flera av er här inne på den högerkonservativa kanten, vägrar att erkänna klimatkrisen,  då kanske det också är lätt att offra den, det första man gör. Jag tror på klimatkrisen. Jag vill göra någonting åt den. Och därför röstar jag för höjda klimatambitioner.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Michael Bloss
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

We must not be blackmailed by Putin. What we need for this is strong climate policies to move away from fossils and move to 100% renewables. I cannot understand those who call now for a stop or pause of Europe's CO2 trading scheme – our most powerful climate policy tool. Instead of stopping it, we need to strengthen it. Every euro we spend more on renewables is a euro will spend less for Putin's war machine. And he fears that. He fears an energy-independent Europe, so let’s build it. Freeing us from oil, coal and gas is regaining freedom. Climate policies must not fall victim to Putin's war.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Catherine Griset
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: FR

Quand on parle de réserve de stabilité, on s’attend justement à œuvrer pour la stabilité. Or, ici, nous n’avons pas les mêmes priorités. Vous parlez de stabilité des quotas d’émission en circulation quand, nous, nous parlons de la stabilité des prix. Par pure idéologie, vous allez aggraver la précarité et les fractures entre les pays européens. Quelle meilleure définition de l’écologie punitive? Personne ne pouvait croire que ce dossier présenté comme technique ne deviendrait pas politique. N’oublions pas qu’il est aussi transversal. Il est lié à deux autres textes cruciaux du paquet climat: la taxe carbone aux frontières et, surtout, la révision du marché du SEQE. Et le pire est encore à venir. Ce dernier texte plaide pour la création d’un marché du carbone distinct, baptisé SEQE 2, pour les bâtiments et le transport routier. Concrètement, il s’agira de taxer tous les combustibles fossiles utilisés pour le chauffage et pour le transport. Malgré vos assurances de compensation, la hausse des prix de l’énergie n’en sera que plus brutale, en particulier pour les plus précaires. On n’ose croire que le Parlement et les gouvernements européens commettront cette erreur. La priorité aujourd’hui est de faire le contraire de ce que vous préconisez. Il faut agir à l’équilibre et même à la baisse du prix du carbone, si besoin en injectant – et non pas en prélevant – des quotas d’émission dans le marché. La réserve de stabilité a été créée pour encaisser les chocs et les défaillances. C’est l’occasion de l’utiliser à bon escient en se souvenant des gilets jaunes.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Rob Rooken
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Dit doen we in een tijd waarin de term “energiearmoede” hard op weg is woord van het jaar te worden. Hoe kan het dat we dit voorstel überhaupt nog op de agenda hebben staan terwijl miljoenen huishoudens hun energie nu al nauwelijks kunnen betalen, niet alleen vanwege de hoge energieprijzen, maar ook vanwege een recordinflatie door toedoen van een falend ECB-beleid? We moeten niet alleen de eerdere verhoging van de energietaks terugdraaien, maar we moeten die hele belasting afschaffen. De huidige tarieven zijn zonder belasting al astronomisch. Elke belasting op energie is pervers. Ik hoop dat iedereen die voor deze verlenging stemt, dit thuis gaat uitleggen aan mensen die hun energierekening verdrievoudigd zien of aan mensen die hun baan kwijtraken bij een bedrijf dat de deuren moet sluiten omdat het de energie niet meer kan betalen.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Radan Kanev
Political group: PPE
Country: Ireland
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, г-н Вицепрезидент, колеги. Боя се, че няма да се съглася с общото мнение в този дебат и смятам, че този доклад е в грешна посока. А той освен това е много остарял. Самият му текст взима предвид феномени отпреди енергийната криза от есента на 2021 г. и далеч преди агресията на Путин в Украйна.  Смисълът на пазарния резерв е да се даде възможност, както да се предотврати прекаленото насищане на пазара с квоти, прекаленото предлагане, така и да се противодейства на рязко повишаване на цените чрез засилване на предлагането при повишено търсене, каквото наблюдавахме в целия край на 2021 г. Предложеното решение ще ограничи тази възможност на Европейската комисия. То ще върже ръцете на иначе добрата идея на пазарния резерв. По този начин ще попречи при следващи ценови шокове Комисията да може да се намесва и да ограничава тежестта върху потребителите и върху бизнеса.  Да не забравяме основният смисъл на търговията с емисии – то е да дава достатъчно висока цена и така да мотивира предприемачите да инвестират. При днешните цени такава изкуствена, политически мотивирана политика не е необходима. Цените са предостатъчно високи и ако продължаваме да ги вдигаме, ние ще отнемем възможността на бизнеса да инвестира в нови технологии, и ще постигнем обратния ефект на този, който всички желаем.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Marek Paweł Balt
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie przewodniczący! Panie komisarzu! Zielona transformacja Europy nie może się zatrzymać. Dlatego ETS jest niezbędnym elementem wspierania zielonej zmiany gospodarki. MSR jako narzędzie interesu musi jednocześnie wspierać zmiany i stabilizować rynek, aby nasi obywatele nie byli narażeni na nieprzewidywalne wahania cen. ETS nie może zależeć tylko od wolnego rynku. Wiemy, że przed wybuchem wojny w Ukrainie Rosja spekulacjami doprowadziła do podwyższenia cen ropy i gazu w Europie. Proszę Komisję o sprawdzenie, czy Rosja poprzez firmy związane z kapitałem rosyjskim nie manipulowała cenami uprawnień do emisji CO2, doprowadzając do gwałtownego wzrostu cen tych uprawnień kilka miesięcy temu. Widzieliśmy, że jesienny wzrost cen uprawnień spowodował pogorszenie konkurencyjności europejskiej gospodarki we wszystkich sektorach. Dzisiaj już wiemy, że rezerwa stabilności rynkowej musi szybciej reagować i zabezpieczyć odporność Europy na nadzwyczajne wydarzenia.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mauri Pekkarinen
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, kun markkinavakausvaranto käynnistyi vuoden 2019 alusta lukien, ajateltiin, että se vakauttaa päästöoikeuksien hintoja ja nostaa niitä. Näin on käynytkin. Hinnat ovat nousseet todella paljon, aina 100 euroon asti. Vakaus ei ole kuitenkaan totta. Volatiliteetti on tällä hetkellä edelleenkin aivan liian korkea. Nyt kun ollaan kiristämässä päästökauppajärjestelmää, on erittäin tärkeää, että meillä on mekanismi, jolla voidaan jatkossakin vakauttaa päästöoikeuksien hintaa, pienentää volatiliteettia ja huolehtia siitä, että hinta ei nouse taivaisiin. Tässä mielessä tämä markkinavakausvarantoon tehtävä pieni tarkistus on hyvä. Me tarvitsemme sitä, ja sitä tulee käyttää tavalla, joka takaa oikeasuhteisen hinnan ja vakaan päästöoikeuksien hintakehityksen.
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Danilo Oscar Lancini
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'UE contribuisce oggi per circa l'8-9% delle emissioni globali di CO2 e questa percentuale, ai trend attuali, potrebbe ridursi a circa il 5-6% nel 2030. In questo contesto, il Green Deal e il pacchetto "Pronti per il 55%", di cui la relazione ETS fa parte, sono in pratica una rivoluzione industriale con l'obiettivo delle zero emissioni. Le precedenti rivoluzioni industriali sono state determinate dalla necessità di rispondere a una crescita del mercato; la neutralità al 2050 è invece imposta dal legislatore. Se tale iniziativa non sarà affiancata da un grande sostegno alle aziende, una forte incentivazione agli investimenti e un rafforzamento delle misure di contrasto al  Il raddoppio del tasso di assorbimento della riserva stabilizzatrice del mercato è una delle serie di misure che stanno venendo introdotte senza adeguata giustificazione e mirano ad aumentare artificialmente il prezzo della CO2, peraltro già aumentato notevolmente negli ultimi due anni, con conseguenti maggiori costi per famiglie e imprese. Devono essere invece messe in pratica misure efficaci per contrastare qualunque fenomeno di tipo speculativo sul mercato del carbonio, che danneggia indebitamente gli operatori del sistema ETS. Fondamentale diventa il rafforzamento dell'articolo 29 sulle fluttuazioni di prezzo dei certificati di CO2. In un contesto internazionale molto instabile, con seri rischi di approvvigionamento energetico e costi in aumento esponenziale, con misure simili rischiamo di danneggiare la competitività delle nostre imprese, mettendo a rischio preziosi posti di lavoro, quando i veri inquinatori risiedono fuori dall'Europa. I veri inquinatori risiedono fuori dall'Europa!
Debate: Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System
Date: MONDAY, 4 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Anna Zalewska
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie komisarzu! Chcę panu powiedzieć, że ekonomiści, przedsiębiorcy, a przede wszystkim Europejczycy mówią zupełnie co innego niż pan. Mówią wprost: ETS jest nieprzejrzysty, manipulacyjny, poddawany różnego rodzaju fluktuacjom ‒ bezsensownym, z ingerencją nieprzejrzystych firm. Ceny energii są wysokie, nie widzimy żadnego bezpieczeństwa energetycznego, co w kontekście wojny jest absolutnie kluczową kwestią, jak również tak naprawdę nie ma to związku z dekarbonizacją. Proponuję pochylić się nad wychwytywaniem, pochłanianiem, bo to poważne wyzwanie światowe. W związku z tym rynek stabilizacyjny powinien służyć zupełnie czemuś innemu. Proponuję, żeby pan komisarz zajrzał do złożonych przez ECR poprawek 27, 28, 29 i uznał, że po to mamy ten rynek, że wtedy, kiedy ceny są wysokie, szczególnie kiedy jest takie zagrożenie na świecie wojną – w Europie mamy wojnę, panie komisarzu – to powinien on służyć po to, żeby nie zabierać z rynku uprawnień i podwyższać jeszcze cen ETS-u, ale po to właśnie, żeby uwalniać te uprawnienia. Myślę, że pan komisarz czuje na sobie brzemię odpowiedzialności za to, co będzie za tydzień, za miesiąc, za rok i za dziesięć lat. To nie jest droga, po pierwsze, do przejrzystości, bezpieczeństwa energetycznego i na pewno nie jest to droga do ochrony klimatu.