Carl Deconinck has an entertaining Brussels Signal piece on an emissions tax dodge by the Dutch government.
Apparently the dodge is designed to offset inevitable financial damage done by EU obligations to cut emissions by 55 per cent by 2030, not because the obligations are deranged.
Netherlands to end ‘perverse’ carbon emission tax
The Dutch caretaker government is preparing to dismantle its controversial carbon emissions tax on major industrial companies, using a legal workaround to avoid a European fine.
According to the newspaper De Telegraaf today, the 2026 budget documents include €650 million in subsidies to fully offset the tax’s financial impact, leaving it in place on paper but stripping it of any real effect...
According to De Telegraaf’s sources, Brussels rules prevent the government from abolishing the levy altogether, a step that could trigger a €1.2 billion fine. Instead, the carbon charge will remain in theory, but with the rate lowered to such an extent — combined with the €650 million in subsidies — that it will no longer bite in practice.
Netherlands to end ‘perverse’ carbon emission tax
The Dutch caretaker government is preparing to dismantle its controversial carbon emissions tax on major industrial companies, using a legal workaround to avoid a European fine.
According to the newspaper De Telegraaf today, the 2026 budget documents include €650 million in subsidies to fully offset the tax’s financial impact, leaving it in place on paper but stripping it of any real effect...
According to De Telegraaf’s sources, Brussels rules prevent the government from abolishing the levy altogether, a step that could trigger a €1.2 billion fine. Instead, the carbon charge will remain in theory, but with the rate lowered to such an extent — combined with the €650 million in subsidies — that it will no longer bite in practice.
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