Exit gasoline and diesel.
From 2035, the only new vehicles sold in the European Union will be “zero emission” cars.
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday a text setting the end of sales of new combustion engine vehicles, as part of the EU climate plan.
339 MEPs voted in favor, 249 against, 24 abstained.
👏 Historic vote in the European Parliament: MEPs vote for the end of thermal engines in new vehicles from 2035 ❌
This Commission proposal was presented last July as part of the #PacteVert 🌱 #FitFor55 #EUGreenDeal #EPlenary
— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@UEFrance) June 8, 2022
MEPs, in plenary session in Strasbourg, were to vote on Wednesday on eight of the fourteen texts of the roadmap proposed in July 2021 by the European Commission to reduce gas emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990. greenhouse effect of the European Union.
This measure only concerns the sale of new cars.
“We will still have the right to run thermal vehicles purchased before and the second-hand market for petrol and diesel will continue”, had already warned Pascal Canfin, Renaissance MEP and President of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, in the columns of the Parisian Monday.
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