This vote comes two weeks after the rejection of a first version of this key text and paves the way for negotiations between MEPs and Member States.
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The European Parliament adopted, Wednesday June 22 in Brussels, the project of a carbon tax at the borders, two weeks after having rejected, to the general surprise, a first version of this key text of the climate plan of the European Union. The idea is to apply a carbon price to imports of certain goods from outside the Union, in order to preserve European industries which must respect rules in this area and limit relocation.
On June 8, the deadlock was tied around the calendar: the EPP (right, first force in Parliament) wanted to maintain free quotas in the EU until 2034 (the Commission proposed 2035), postponing the tax at the borders. But environmentalist and left-wing MEPs castigated these proposals. Ultimately, the new version of the text provides for application in 2027 instead of 2025. This vote now opens the way to negotiations between MEPs and Member States.