The EU’s “nonsense” policies will force people in Slovakia to burn wood for heating and take the country “back to the 1930s,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned.
At a press conference on Sunday, Fico criticized the Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2), which is set to take full effect in 2027.
The controversial scheme expands the EU’s carbon trading rules to cover households and vehicles. Fico predicted that it will drive up gas prices, which are already high due to the EU’s rejection of affordable Russian energy.
“We are going back to the 1930s and 1940s again, and our valleys and villages will be shrouded…
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