Euro Markets: EUAs, UKAs refuse to budge as traders monitor British political drama

Published 13:08 on May 14, 2026 / Last updated at 00:42 on May 15, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe)

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European carbon traders kept up their arm wrestle around the €75 mark, with the price moving up by a single cent amid extremely low liquidity, while the UK government was rocked by a key minister resigning, in what many consider to be the start of a push to oust sitting Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which could add risk to talks around linking the UK and EU carbon markets.
European carbon traders kept up their arm wrestle around the €75 mark, with the price moving up by a single cent amid extremely low liquidity, while the UK government was rocked by a key minister resigning, in what many consider to be the start of a push to oust sitting Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which could add risk to talks around linking the UK and EU carbon markets.


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