French authorities do not impose penalties on companies that violate the rules of emissions trading. "If not corrected, this could have consequences for the legitimacy and efficiency of the entire emissions trading system," says Jonas Ebbesson, Professor of Environmental Law at Stockholm University.

Sweden is trying to remove an EU law that allows climate activists to take the state to court. This has been criticised by several environmental organisations. "It contributes to a very dangerous development," says Ida Edling, spokesperson for the Environmental Lawyers and the Aurora case.

The Sweden Democrats are the party that votes most against the EU Green Deal out of all of the right-wing populist and nationalist parties in the EU. "The EU should slow down all new climate legislation", says SD parliamentarian Johan Nissinen to SvD.