INTERVIEW: “Quick fix” to EU carbon price achievable by end of 2026, says key lawmaker

Published 09:02 on March 6, 2026 / Last updated at 09:02 on March 6, 2026 / and / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Interviews)

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A reform of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which helps to balance the supply of allowances in the EU carbon market, could be swiftly adopted by the end of the year, according to German lawmaker Peter Liese, who led the European Parliament’s last overhaul of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).
A reform of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which helps to balance the supply of allowances in the EU carbon market, could be swiftly adopted by the end of the year, according to German lawmaker Peter Liese, who led the European Parliament’s last overhaul of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).


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