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EPP pushes to soften ETS reforms in bid to shield EU industry

The European People’s Party (EPP) has urged Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to significantly recalibrate the bloc’s carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), by allowing more free pollution allowances to heavy industry beyond 2030. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Issued in an internal document detailing the EPP’s position and seen by Euronews,…

Attackers target homes of Greek ruling party figures with firebombs

Three pre-dawn firebomb attacks apparently targeting the residences of members of Greece’s governing conservative New Democracy party have left five people hospitalised, with one in serious condition, authorities said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The attacks, which happened in the early hours in the northern city of Thessaloniki, were carried out…