Coalition committee to settle dispute over combustion car

Berlin The dispute within the government over the end date for cars with internal combustion engines becomes a case for the coalition committee of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP. The Handelsblatt learned this from government circles.

The debate revolves around the question of how many emissions new cars will be allowed to emit in the future and when they will have to be emission-free. The Federal Ministry for the Environment had submitted a proposal for negotiations at European level. He envisaged a tightening: In 2030, vehicles newly brought onto the market should emit 75 percent – instead of 55 percent – less carbon dioxide than in 2021. Like the EU Commission, the Ministry of the Environment is also demanding an end to the combustion engine from 2035.

After protests by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) rejected the proposal and, like the car manufacturers, demanded that the Commission’s proposals for the European climate package should remain unchanged. In the meantime, the minister is demanding even more than the automotive industry.