The European Union and Germany reach an agreement on combustion engines
As announced by Brussels, they have agreed to lift the veto on the ban on combustion engines in 2035. The measure had been paralyzed because the German government wants to include this type of fuel in the agreement.
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The Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermannsannounced this Saturday an agreement with Germany for the lifting its veto on the ban on combustion engines in 2035.
“We arrive to an agreement with Germany on the future use of synthetic fuels in cars,” Timmermans announced on his Twitter account.
Brussels had raised a possible fit of synthetic fuels in the framework of the negotiations for the ban on the sale of combustion vehicles in the European Union (EU) from 2035, a measure that had been paralyzed because the German Government wants to include this type of fuel in the agreement.
The ban on marketing combustion vehicles (including gasoline, diesel and hybrid) from 2035 postponed without new date due to the last-minute doubts expressed by Germany and Italy and that could jeopardize the adoption of the new standard, which is part of the climate package that the EU wants to promote this legislature to reduce polluting emissions by at least 55% of the block in the horizon of 2030 and with respect to those of 1990.
The measure was already approved in the plenary session of the European Parliament last February 14thbut it was in the negotiations at the ambassadorial level where Germany showed its reluctance about an agreement between institutions that was already agreed last autumn.
“Now we are going to work so that the CO2 standards for cars are adopted as soon as possible“, added Timmermans, before warning that the legal framework for the inclusion of synthetic fuels will only be developed when the basic agreement is unblocked and adopted by the 27.
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Source: Eitb
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