Thomas Eisenhuth wrote that Giorgia Meloni told the other EU heads of government at the summit that citizens would "pursue them with pitchforks" if energy costs continued to rise. Eisenhuth accused the CO₂ trading system ETS of deliberately driving up energy costs politically to force people and the economy into a green transition. He called for the abolition of the system and argued that it punished efficient energy resources in favor of inefficient alternatives. Without ETS, he estimated that the electricity price would immediately fall by about 34 euros/MWh. #Energiekosten #CO2Handelssystem #EUGipfel (translated)