For motorists, they suggested reducing the impact on prices at the pump by reducing the tax accordingly (which meant adjusting the tax from time to time). For buildings, only low-income households would be compensated through increased energy audit.
The compensation is insufficient in the eyes of Valérie Létard, Minister of Housing at the time. “At what point do we become moderate or not? We’re talking about millions of people affected,” he asks, when asked by POLITICO.
If she does not remember that this letter was written to her, Valérie Létard remembers that she was informed. “Of course, there is a need to pass”, but without households that have no other solution than heating with affected gas, he explains, citing tenants, especially in social housing, who pay the bill without being able to change the boiler. He points out the problem, according to him, of “the time, between the ETS implemented from 2028 and the decarbonisation of homes that will continue until 2050”.
See you in 2027 (or on Greek calendars)
This ministerial attack led to a meeting between the directors of the relevant cabinet, according to several government negotiators at the time. Several cases of prayer with regard to the weakest have been considered, but the main couple finally chose to do nothing, as POLITICO reported last July
François Bayrou and Emmanuel Macron believed that they did not have the majority of MPs in the Parliament for the change and they were afraid to give a stick to the opposition when the presidential election is approaching. It is difficult to sell the French a carbon tax against a promise to spend money on change, a senior official admits today.
Despite the European deadlines, there are still no plans to adopt ETS2. “At the moment, there is no schedule (due to the lack of) a political window,” admitted the office of the Transitional Ecology Minister, Monique Barbut, during a press conference in June.
