#EPplenary debate today on #Fitfor55. I emphasised that greening is not possible without protecting the European industry. I welcomed that at least #CBAM as part of Fitfor55 is intending to do that.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648026469296111616
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This is a necessity, as EU companies are struggling to survive in the face of war, sanctions & protectionist measures by the US.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648026471045165069
We have to take our competitiveness into account when it will come to review CBAM: we should not unnecessarily restrict imports from 3rd countries, as this would make EU production & exports more expensive.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GyoriEniko/status/1648026477873491980
I can only hope #CBAM will encourage our third country partners to go green, and not to sell their goods exiled from the EU market to countries that are less sensitive to environmentally friendly production.
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