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Spain and Seven Other Countries Press in Brussels to Defend “the Cornerstone of Climate Policy” Against Emissions

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The European Union was a pioneer in the implementation of a carbon dioxide trading system (CO2), the main greenhouse gas. This Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) started in 2005 and imposes an overrun on those industries that expel more CO2. Thanks to this model, many European countries have turned their backs on coal and boosted energy that they do not emit, such as solar and wind. But this ETS system is now being questioned by some governments, wi…

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Pedro Sánchez, together with the leaders of Denmark, Finland, Portugal and Sweden, in a letter to the President of the European Council, demands that the emissions trading regime be "the cornerstone of Europe's climate and industrial strategy", in response to the request for temporary suspension of Germany and Italy.The PP is allied in Europe with the ultra-right in favor of climate negationism.New division within Europe around climate change an…

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The European Union was a pioneer in the implementation of a carbon dioxide trading system (CO2), the main greenhouse gas. This Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) started in 2005 and imposes an overrun on those industries that expel more CO2. Thanks to this model, many European countries have turned their backs on coal and boosted energy that they do not emit, such as solar and wind. But this ETS system is now being questioned by some governments, wi…

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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, together with the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Portugal and Sweden, sent a letter to the President of the European Council, António Costa, in which they called for maintaining the European Union's climate ambition and ensuring compliance with the emission reduction targets on the eve of the next European summit.

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Spain and seven other countries are putting pressure on the Council and the European Commission to protect the ETS system that fixes the price per tonne of CO2 issued by the EU's large industries, a mechanism that some Member States consider a liability for the competitiveness of the Twenty-Seven. The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and his counterparts in Denmark, Finland, Portugal and Sweden signed a letter sent to the Pres…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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