Combustion engine phase-out: one sentenc • Table.Briefings

The majority needed to phase out internal combustion vehicles in 2035 is in question. In the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, Germany could derail what was still a consensus in the October trilogue agreement. The FDP sees the blame with the Commission and an unfulfilled recital.

A preliminary vote in the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) was spontaneously postponed on Wednesday. Actually, the EU ambassadors should have signaled their approval for the trilateral agreement on the revised fleet limits for passenger cars so that nothing unforeseen would happen during the final vote in the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. But because the necessary qualified majority is currently not certain, this vote in Coreper was postponed until Friday.

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