Fit for 55 votes in ENVI: many clear, so • Table.Briefings

For a long time, it didn’t look as if the EU Parliament’s negotiators would find a common denominator on the crucial Green Deal legislative proposals. However, yesterday’s vote in the Environment Committee shows how capable MEPs are of compromise when it counts. Some of the compromises, however, could be short-lived.

In the end, it’s the result that counts. And for the introduction of a second emissions trading scheme for road transport and heating of buildings (ETS 2), an overwhelming majority of 61 voted in favor, 22 against and 5 abstentions in the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) on Tuesday. It is the part of the ETS revision that has caused rifts among negotiators, within political groups and member states for months.

Fit for 55 votes in ENVI: many clear, some narrow majorities in the end

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