EU’s Climate Leviathan: CO? Trading Scheme to Cripple German Drivers by 2027
10th July 2025
Starting in 2027, a price shock at the gas station threatens drivers. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS II) will be extended to include the transport and building sectors.
Another wave of price increases is rolling in. And yes, once again, the engine of inflation will be the European Union’s climate policy, as is so often the case these days. At the end of January, the Bundestag already approved the implementation of the reform of the European Emissions Trading System, which foresees the free trade of CO? certificates from 2027 onward in both the transport and building sectors.