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Cingolani: cost reduction in the bill to “not make people hate” the ecological transition

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Naples – Compensation measures to avoid a “resentment” against the ecological transition. For example on something everyday, like electricity bills. The Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, thus replied at the press conference to the question about one of the unknowns of the phenomenon that gives his dicastery its name: the possible indirect costs of the transition on European citizens, a topic that is anything but extraneous to the debate that has been animated in the EU with the latest measures in favor of the environment.

The Commission recently raised the curtain on Fit for 55, an unprecedented package of measures designed to hit the target of a 55% cut in emissions by 2030. The risk that the immediate costs of the paradigm shift could affect some categories is perceived, Cingolani underlined, all the more so if we consider that Europe is among the “top of the class” in the decarbonization process.

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The risk of the boomerang effect

But it risks facing downward competition from other players, with a boomerang effect compared to its own ambitions: to reduce its share of emissions, unless it is at a disadvantage compared to other countries. «Europe makes huge investments to decarbonise – explained Cingolani – but it produces only 9% of CO2. He has excellent leadership in the effort, but that’s not enough. If other countries do not join, their emissions compensate for our cuts, the system jumps, and in the meantime we have fainted ». Hence the proposal, also made yesterday, to find measures to mitigate the immediate costs of the transition.

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How to avoid grudges against the ecological transition

In an interview with the Bloomberg agency, Cingolani had already mentioned the hypothesis of intervening on electricity costs. Yesterday, answering a question from the Sole 24 Ore, he reiterated the concept. I am thinking, he said, of “forms of tax relief and various structural measures, for example on the cost of bills. We must ensure that people do not ‘resent’ against the ecological transition ”. That said, an effective plan for offsetting the (momentary) fallout of the ecological transition is not easy to devise in the short term.

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