The EU Parliament will vote today on stricter CO2 rules, which were agreed by negotiators in December – against the vociferous Protest of the inter-branch organisations. The EU has given in already.
cars in the European Union by 2030 is significantly more climate-friendly. The EU Parliament will vote today on stricter CO2 limits for cars. The deputies are expected to approve expected to new EU rules, which provide for a reduction of the CO2-emissions of Cars to 37.5 per cent by 2030 in comparison to the values of 2021.
On this compromise had already agreed in December, EU negotiators. The vote in the Parliament only as a formality. After that, the Council, the member States must adopt the new rules.
The decision in December was preceded by a tough struggle ahead: The EU member States, had argued at the beginning of October for a reduction in the CO2-value for new cars and light commercial vehicles by an average of 35 per cent by 2030. Germany originally wanted to only 30 per cent reduction, with wore decision. The European Parliament wanted to minus 40 percent.