It is not just to save the thermal engine that Germany is sowing discord in European Union projects.
Berlin's surprise decision to block at the last minute the ban on the sale of combustion engine vehicles in 2035, which had been approved by the three co-legislators (Commission, Member States, Parliament), took everyone by surprise - in particular by the rarity of such a coup at this stage of the procedure.
But this act of resistance to one of the pillars of Europe's climate policy is part of a series of German rebuffs on the agenda of the Twenty-Seven recently.
The reform of the electricity market demanded loudly by France in the face of the energy crisis, announced on Tuesday, will be at a minimum.
The European response to Joe Biden's protectionist plan to support American green industry (IRA
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Inflation Reduction Act) will see its ambitions limited by German reluctance to new joint borrowing.
And the snake...
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