European parliament defeats centre-right lawmakers’ attempts to weaken climate target
The European parliament has voted to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035, defeating attempts by centre-right lawmakers to weaken the target.
MEPs still have to negotiate the final law with ministers from the EU’s 27 national governments. The parliament’s vote, however, increases the pressure on governments for a clear end to the internal combustion engine in the EU single market of 447 million people. MEPs rejected a centre-right amendment that would have excluded 10% of cars from the 2035 deadline.
Green and Social Democrat MEPs voted down the ETS text, saying they had prevailed over “the fossil alliance”. The centre-right accused those MEPs of siding with the anti-climate far-right.controversial carbon border levy The three laws are part of a broader EU response to the climate crisis, with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of the decade.
While power stations pay for pollution permits, energy-intensive industries benefit from free allowances to protect them from more lightly regulated competitors outside the EU. The EU now wants to end free allowances and impose a levy on polluting imports, known as the “carbon border adjustment mechanism”.
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