According to Minister Moskwa, in the face of continuously rising prices of electricity and prices of emission allowances, it is necessary to re-analyse, in detail, all elements of the “Fit for 55” package in terms of their impact on the increase in costs, both of energy and other products, that may have negative social and economic consequences.

Poland will not agree to any solution that will take place at the expense of the weakest citizens. For many years, we have been stressing consistently that the climate transition must be fair and cannot deteriorate the economic conditions in specific regions or social groups.

– she said.

As the head of the Ministry of Climate and Environment added, according to Poland it is also necessary for the Council and the European Commission to make decisions allowing to stop the rapidly rising prices in the ETS market – particularly, in the context of the heating season which is to begin.

If we want to jointly implement such an important reform, it requires consensus and unanimity.

– she emphasised.

Anna Moskwa, the Minister of Climate and Environment, explained that Poland supports the implementation of an ambitious reduction target, but with maintaining the conditions allowing to carry out the transition in a broadly understood fair manner which also guarantees the protection of strategic interests of the Member States.

In this context, one initiative raises very high doubts in particular. This is the introduction of the trading scheme into the sectors of road transport and buildings. In addition to social costs, which, in our opinion, will be significant, we believe that such a tool will be ineffective in providing necessary reductions, while, at the same time, it may lead to negative social consequences.

– she informed.

The dysfunctional, unreformed ETS system cannot be transferred to other industries, i.e. construction and transport. If the „Fit for 55” package includes solutions at the expense of citizens, we will take all legal measures to veto them.

– she added.

Minister Moskwa also met with the EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager. The subject of the conversation was the monopolistic practices of the Russian gas supplier, aimed at deepening the current energy crisis.

Major hubs in the EU face serious price shocks, with prices of gas fluctuating by even 44% during one month. Only a resolute and immediate response of the EU and the launch of antitrust proceedings against Gazprom can restore the proper functioning of the energy market. This poses a risk the functioning of the EU gas market and the whole EU economy.

– stressed Minister Moskwa.

On the sidelines of the EU Environment Council, Minister Anna Moskwa also met with Patrick Graichen, Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate of Germany, Aaron Farrugia, Minister for the Environment of Malta, Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Climate and the Environment of the Kingdom of Norway, and Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of Germany. The head of the Ministry of Climate and Environment stressed that, according to Poland, it is possible to implement an ambitious climate policy while securing social issues, but this also requires appropriate financial mechanisms aimed at preventing and reducing energy poverty in the EU.