EU yields to pressure from automakers as it rethinks 2035 combustion car ban
Published on: Dec. 15, 2025, 11:37 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
The likely revision to the 2023 law requiring all new cars and vans sold in the 27-nation bloc from 2035 to be CO2 emission-free would be the European Union's most significant climb-down from its green policies of the past five years. "The European Commission will be putting forward a clear proposal to abolish the ban on combustion engines," Manfred Weber, head of the European Parliament's largest group, the European People's Party, said on Friday.
