BRUSSELS, March 25 — The European Union and Germany today said they had struck a deal after a dispute over the planned phaseout by 2035 of the sale of cars using fossil...
BRUSSELS, March 25 — The European Union and Germany today said they had struck a deal after a dispute over the planned phaseout by 2035 of the sale of cars using fossil fuels.
Berlin demanded that Brussels provide assurances the law would allow the sales of new cars with combustion engines that run on synthetic fuels, the focus of the breakthrough announced on Saturday. The synthetic fuels Germany wanted an exemption for are still under development and produced using low-carbon electricity. The technology is unproven, but German manufacturers hope it will lead to the extended use of combustion engines.
Audi boss Markus Duesmann told the Der Spiegel weekly that synthetic fuels “will not play an important role in the medium-term future of passenger cars”, even if they prove to be helpful in the green transition.Some observers saw domestic political calculations behind Germany’s initial move to block the deal, which ruffled the feathers of some of Berlin’s EU partners.
Scholz was seen as acting to maintain the unity of the coalition by aligning with the FDP position against the Greens.
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