At a press conference at the Green party congress in Örebro, sweden propose EU-candidate Alice Bah Kuhnke and newly elected spokesperson Per Bolund a package of measures for the climate.
Among other things, they want the party to introduce penalties for countries that leave the paris agreement, that Donald Trump said that the united states must make by 2020.
A large part of EUROPEAN industry pays today for its carbon dioxide emissions by the covered by the union scheme for trading with allowances, writes TT. MP would like to have a system of climate charge on the products which come from countries for which the paris agreement. The sum shall be equal to the costs that european companies have, for the allowance.
the green Party would also, in any commercial dispute with the united states in the future, that the EU should prepare to be able to put the klimattullar against the country.
– because president Trump has clearly demonstrated his irrational behavior and he is rattling their handelsvapen. In the day competing in Swedish and european entrepreneur with the american industry that does not have set about. While our industry has invested billions of dollars in conversion. Therefore, we want to see that it is not going to pay anymore for the US to ignore in our common future. The emissions know no boundaries, we must take a shared responsibility. And we believe that we will have to face him with the same pace and tone as he tries to out-compete us, ” says Alice Bah Kuhnke.
” We need to ask if for the future’s sake. And if we put hard against hard, so must the united states actually listen to the länder that have started with his conversion. There are a number of states who have not wanted to leave paris agreement, which continues to take its responsibilities, it will be worthwhile for those states and not pay for the other.
should go to climate action. Alice Bah Kuhnke don’t want to make cuts in other areas without getting into money by re-prioritising. Among other things, by increase revenues from the EU emissions trading scheme.
“We believe that this can be done without burdening taxpayers,” says Bah Kuhnke.
She also says that the package of proposals has been presented together with the other green parties in the Green party group in the european Parliament: The Greens/European free alliance.
” I think the conditions are good, I think not, at least after discussing this with my green colleagues in the EP. Several countries have positive discussions and progressions. Not least the German greens who have a major influence on German domestic policy. So the boys sharp and informed discussions, ” says Alice Bah Kuhnke.
– Awareness is raised, we see this not least in the debate in the media press. I hope also that it is not only just words but that we regeringsförhandling with januariavtalet and in the Swedish parliament, put force behind the words.
” No, we presented this now.
Fredrick Federley is critical that the MP is preparing for a commercial dispute.
– we can not accept. We would go in a trade war, we will not have the money we need to set the climate. If the united states would choose to shirk so we have India and China do not have the in the agreement, and so on. It will be like a first step to make Venezuela out of Sweden and I think that we must be wary of, said Federley.
