It is a letter from the Moscow minister sent to representatives of three EU institutions: the Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, the MEP and main negotiator of the European Parliament for the reform of the ETS, the trading of CO2 emissions of the EU system Peter Liese and Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Marian Jureczka. The Czech Republic is responsible for the work in the Council of the EU.
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Information about the list of the head of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage was first reported on Saturday by the Brussels correspondent of Polish Radio.
In a letter from the Moscow minister, reached by the PAP, the head of the climate ministry wrote that Poland has been following the discussion on the the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to transport and buildings “unfortunately with growing concern”.
As Anna Mosca pointed out, the “Fit for 55” package was prepared before the pandemic hit us globally and before Russia started the barbaric war in Europe. You underline that the impact of these events and the consequences for individual Member States have not been taken into account.
In your opinion, we found ourselves in the “time of the energy price crisis”. “We are preparing for tough times and a tough winter. Coal, oil and gas prices are breaking all-time records, making our families even more vulnerable in these turbulent times,” she stressed. As she added, “we want our citizens to be warm and safe in the winter.”
“This is why I strongly ask for the exclusion of families from the new market system (ETS-PAP), because a warm house in winter shouldn’t be a market good, but a citizen’s right”, underlined the minister. He recalls that the European Parliament has expressed concern about this extension and proposed to exclude residential buildings from the scope of the ETS.
EU plans
“We must not jeopardize the well-being of the people we make policies for because it is against EU rules. additional fees (…), especially forcing the poorest households (…) to make rapid changes in heating, is not the right direction and is the wrong choice for an effective climate policy,” the Moscow minister stressed in the letter .
The European Parliament calls for the creation of a new emissions trading scheme, which from 2024 will cover fuels for commercial road transport and for buildings; by 2029, private transport and residential buildings would be excluded.
