In a statement released after the EU Competitiveness summit held at Alden Bizen in Belgium on February 12, Antonio Gozzi, president of the Italian steel producers association Federacciai and Interconnector Energy Italia, welcomed the start of a political debate in Brussels on crucial issues related to the EU's ETS, reportedly triggered by the intervention of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
February 12thGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the EU should be open to reviewing or postponing parts of the ETS framework. as previously reported by SteelOrbis"The discussion initiated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the European level on how the ETS system works is an important step. For the first time, his criticality was clearly placed at the center of the political debate in Brussels, and according to press reports, several countries are showing interest in this approach," Gozzi said.
In this context, the President of the Federation pointed out the specific features of the structure of electricity production in Italy, stressing that, unlike most of Europe, natural gas is the main technology of electricity production in Italy. In his opinion, this structural element, combined with the current use of ETS, has contributed to the fact that Italian electricity prices have remained among the highest in Europe for too long, which has had particularly negative consequences for energy-intensive consumers who are completely
