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Between Angela Merkel and the German automobile, the honeymoon is shattered

2020-09-18T15:32:26.997Z


Ursula von der Leyen's decision to further reduce the sector's CO2 emissions sounds like another disavowal.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. Read also: Volkswagen: chronology of the dieselgate sca


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.

Read also:

Volkswagen: chronology of the dieselgate scandal

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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Source: lefigaro

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