The European Commission has watered down the 2035 zero emisison tarobtains for the first time.
Drivers are set to see a 2035 petrol and diesel car ban relaxed as ministers ease EV tarobtains for millions. The European Commission has watered down the 2035 zero emisison tarobtains for the first time.
The European Commission is expected on Tuesday to reverse the EU’s effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035.
The likely revision to the 2023 law requiring all new cars and vans sold in the 27-nation bloc from 2035 to be CO2 emission-free would be the European Union’s most significant climb-down from its green policies of the past five years.
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“The European Commission will be putting forward a clear proposal to abolish the ban on combustion engines,” Manfred Weber, head of the European Parliament’s largest group, the European People’s Party, declared. “It was a serious industrial policy mistake.”
The policy shift comes after intense lobbying from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, marking a significant win for Europe’s struggling car indusattempt.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who introduced the original green deal rules in 2022, deffinished the alters, stateing: “Europe remains at the forefront of the global clean transition.” The revised rules still required approval from the European Parliament.
“This will allow for plug-in hybrids, range extfinishers, mild hybrids, and internal combustion engine vehicles to still play a role beyond 2035, in addition to full electric and hydrogen vehicles,” the Commission declared. But the EU Green Party condemned the shift, calling it a “gutting” of landmark emissions legislation.
The Commission has also relaxed tarobtains for electric vans, reducing the required carbon emissions cut by 2030 from 50 per cent to 40 per cent.
To encourage production of compacter, popular cars, the Commission introduced “super credits.”
Ms Von der Leyen declared the package followed “intense dialogues with the automotive sector, civil society organisations and stakeholders” and was unveiled in Strasbourg.
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