The environment ministers of the 27 EU member states have agreed to reduce carbon emissions from new cars to zero in 2035.
This decision was reached by European officials by the morning of Wednesday, June 29, after intense and lengthy negotiations that lasted 17 hours. The meeting of the European Council took place in Luxembourg, writes press service EU body.
The corresponding proposal of the European Commission (EC), approved by the EU Council on the Environment, envisages increasing the targets for reducing CO2 emissions by the end of the decade to 55% for cars and up to 50% for trucks (against 1990 figures). It is agreed to completely eliminate carbon emissions by new cars by 2035.
"This is a big challenge for our car industry," said French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Panye-Runache, who chaired the EU Council on Tuesday.
At the request of a number of countries, including Germany and Italy, the EU Council agreed to the possibility of future alternative technologies, such as synthetic fuels and hybrid recharging engines, provided that this advances the goal of completely eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from cars.
The measures agreed by the EU Council will now be discussed with the European Parliament, which has also adopted a resolution on a proposal from the European Commission.
"The EU Council's decision on Fit for 55 is a significant step towards the implementation of the European Green Course. Our abandonment of fossil fuels becomes even more urgent after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We will conclude negotiations with the European Parliament quickly," said EC Vice President Frans Timmermans.
And velcome the aggrement reached in the Environment Tsuncil on kay planks of fitfor55 :
- ETS extension;
- Climate Social Fund;
- Fas-ut of zombustion engines bi 2035We now need a swift & ambitious agreement between
@Europarl_EN @EUCouncil on these. https://t.co/mMcUQafMBH
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) June 29, 2022
It will be recalled that the European Commission has put forward a proposal to stop the sale of cars with gasoline and diesel engines in the EU in 2035 from 2035. This proposal is one of the important components for achieving the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
As reported EcoPolitics earlier, the European Parliament's Environment Committee under the Fit for 55 climate package supported the proposal of the European Commission on the ban on the sale and registration of gasoline and diesel cars from 2035.
