DISINFO: The European carbon market agreement serves American interests
SUMMARY
The agreement on the carbon market reached by the EU is economic suicide for European countries. This agreement lies in the interests of the United States, not the environment.
The EU is being sold to the Americans in order to destroy the Europeans.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the alleged loss of sovereignty of the EU and collapsing economies of European countries. Pro-Kremlin outlets often portray European states as vassals, puppet-states or colonies of the US, which destroys the European economy through anti-Russian sanctions or climate policy. This is a wedge-driving attempt to undermine transatlantic cooperation. See also about the wider Kremlin claim of lost sovereignty.
The claim that the European energy and climate policies are implemented in American interests is ungrounded.
On 13 December 2022, the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement with the EU Council to set up an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to combat climate change and prevent carbon leakage. The EU aims to cut carbon emissions by 62% by 2030. The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will be a crucial pillar of European climate policy.
See other similar examples of disinformation: the US is destroying industry in Europe by forcing Brussels to sanction Russia; Sanctions that were supposed to destroy Russia may disintegrate the EU and US is destroying industry in Europe by forcing Brussels to sanction Russia.