Italy spends the lowest amount of ETS revenues on climate action.

Omissions

• The claim does not specify whether 'lowest amount' refers to absolute euros or percentage of ETS revenues, creating fundamental ambiguity in what is being asserted.
• No primary source with a full comparative ranking of all EU member states' ETS climate spending was found within the search limit.
• The MEP did not cite any source for this claim.
• Two independent sources or one primary source confirming the claim could not be found.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Environment Agency — Use of auctioning revenues generated under the EU ETSMember States reported having already disbursed 67% of the revenue generated in 2024, for energy and climate purposes.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Climate Action: How do Member States use ETS revenues?Page contains a map illustrating what percentage of ETS revenues collected in 2024 each Member State reportedly spent on climate action and the energy transition. The specific ranking of Italy relative to other member states could not be extracted from the search snippet.
• SecondaryHomaio — EU ETS Revenues: How Member States Use the FundsItaly used 50% of the revenue from the EU ETS to finance climate projects, the remaining of the proceeds going to the general budget.