EU ETS: European Commission Without a Plan Applies a Sticking Plaster – Stainless Espresso

1 April 2026 – On 1 April, the European Commission proposed ending the systematic cancellation of surplus CO2 allowances held in the Emissions Trading System’s Market Stability Reserve (MSR). A one-sentence piece of legislation, with no impact assessment of its own, pushed through on a fast-track basis. We had already begun to wonder whether it might be a bad April Fools’ joke. Source