From our correspondent in Berlin
Announced on Wednesday, when the German manufacturers were commemorating the five years of “Dieselgate” with their defending body, Ursula von der Leyen's decision sounds like a new disavowal: the European automobile will have to reduce its CO2 emissions even further, 50% by 2030, compared to 37.5% currently.
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Never, it is said in Berlin, the president of the European Commission, former minister of Angela Merkel, would never have taken the liberty to run up against the German auto lobby without the approval of the Chancellor.
One more crack in the quasi-incestuous relationship that the political world has long maintained with its fetish industry.
There was a time when the every wish of the industry was always granted.
Now the government is being more careful
Jürgen Resch, Director General of German Environmental Aid
“With the“ Dieselgate ”, the Germans have opened their eyes to the way in which this industry exercises its power over politics,
welcomes Jürgen Resch, Director General of German Environmental Aid (DUH), an NGO which supports the social movement born of the scandal.
There was a time when the smallest wishes of the industry
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