From 2035, the EU wants to ban new cars with internal combustion engines. However, the last word has not yet been spoken here. There is resistance to the plans – not only in Germany.
Internal combustion engine ban: resistance in the EU
If the EU Commission and Parliament have their way, drivers will have to say goodbye to conventional combustion engines by 2035 at the latest. Starting this year, such new cars with CO₂ emissions will no longer be registered in the EU. However, it is doubtful whether the plans will really work as expected. There is resistance both in the EU and in Germany.
Several EU countries have written a new position paper, according to which the final end of combustion engines postponed by five years shall be. Not until 2040, according to the Italian government with the support of Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia, will the lack of CO₂ emissions in new cars be 100 percent effective. The paper speaks of a reduction of 90 percent by 2035. A similar proposal had previously been made by Jens Gieseke (CDU), member of the European Parliament, but it failed in the EU Parliament.
Italy’s government would like to continue to allow new cars with internal combustion engines if they with climate-neutral fuels such as e-fuels operated (source: heise online). The FDP, which wants to continue to take e-fuels into account, also demands this. According to the FDP, a complete ban on combustion engines would also put many jobs at risk.
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EU: Germany could block combustion engines
Together with Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia, Germany could ensure that the wind is taken out of the sails of the EU Commission’s proposal. That could also happen if Germany abstained planned combustion ban on the brink stand.
had a few days ago Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) already announced that the federal government will not agree to a ban on cars with CO₂ emissions from 2035 at EU level.