“Curtain” in 2035 for cars with internal combustion engines in the EU

The new cars sold in the 27 member states of the European Union should be climate neutral from 2035 onwards, decided last night the uEnvironment ministers in Luxembourg.

There must now be a final compromise in the negotiation with the European Parliament, which is in favor of a complete ban on vehicles with internal combustion engines from 2035.

EU Member States have agreed to support the reduction of the so-called fleet limits – the standards set in the car industry for how much CO2 emitted by cars they produce during operation – to zero by 2035, which, in theory at least, means that vehicles with internal combustion engines will not be able to be sold from this year onwards.

The ban is controversial. However, it is part of a package of key directives and laws that must be implemented in the EU in order to achieve its stated goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

A potential ban on the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines is a thorny issue, especially in Germany, a country with a large car industry, where one of the three parties in the ruling coalition – that of the Free Democrats (FDP) – opposes the measure.

BMW CEO Oliver Chipze ruled Tuesday that banning cars with internal combustion engines would be “wrong”

Mr Chipze warned against new dependencies: he said it was unclear how Europe would gain access to the raw materials needed for its relatively abrupt transition to e-mobility.

“Diversity and innovation, not bans, have always made Germany strong from an industrial point of view,” he said, adding that new technologies could reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. and global warming by cars.

Ministers are called upon to agree on the details and funds of the European Social Climate Fund, which aims to tackle energy poverty and the lack of transport in the EU.

“Switching to renewable energy will reduce bills, but many will need support to get there,” said European Climate Commissioner Frans Timmermans. He called on the fund to have sufficient funds that would allow “all” Member States to tackle the issue of energy poverty “in a credible way”.

The negotiations will be long and arduous.

“The European Union is the European Union, we are negotiating”, was the aphorism of Mr. Timmermans, who warned that “no one will leave the room without suffering a little”, but the question is “the common good”.

Brussels wants the social fund to have 72.2 billion euros available for the period 2025-2032, an amount that the group of so-called “oligarchic” countries (Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland …) considers excessive. Germany revised its own proposal yesterday to 48 billion euros. Opposite countries in Eastern and Southern Europe see shortcomings in the social mechanism and its projected resources.

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