BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - France and Germany want a 'green' European Union recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, including recovery roadmaps for all economic sectors and a minimum price for carbon permits, according to a plan that drew praise from some EU lawmakers.
epa08400212 A woman walks in front of a banner about the coronavirus global response at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 04 May 2020. The European Commission will host the Coronavirus Global Response international conference on 04 May, in which governments and business leaders will announce their pledges for the development and universal deployment of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines against the coronavirus Covid-19 disease.
Every sector should be given a “green recovery roadmap” that could include climate targets, while EU state aid rules should be reviewed to support climate goals, they said. Paris and Berlin urged the bloc to press ahead with plans to impose carbon costs on imports, set a tougher emissions target for 2030 and achieve “carbon neutrality” by 2050.
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