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The diesel tank of a truck: There is an agreement in the coalition dispute over stricter CO2 standards for trucks in the EU.
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The dispute is over, there is an agreement: Germany wants to agree to the planned EU regulation for higher CO2 standards for trucks.
Berlin - There is an agreement in the coalition dispute over stricter CO2 standards for trucks in the EU.
Germany wants to agree to a planned EU regulation, but there should be additions, the German Press Agency learned from coalition circles.
The vote at EU level was scheduled for Friday afternoon.
The FDP still opposed it.
Government circles said that the federal government had made a mediation proposal to the EU Commission, which it had accepted.
The so-called trilogue should then be reopened and binding regulations should be inserted - in order to allow trucks that can demonstrably only be refueled with e-fuels to be permitted indefinitely.
The proposal will create legal certainty for both manufacturers of commercial vehicles and manufacturers of climate-neutral fuels.
There are doubts in the European Parliament that this strategy will work.
“Calling for the trilogue to be reopened at the last minute before the decisive vote in the Council is nothing other than political hara-kiri,” said the transport policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU group, Jens Gieseke.
The other EU states would hardly agree to Germany's wishes.
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) is showing his ignorance of European decision-making processes and allowing himself to be ripped off by his coalition partners.
“The federal government is gambling away Germany’s reputation in the EU,” said the CDU politician.
Habeck is in favor of Germany's approval
The FDP had advocated a “technology-open” solution.
Wissing said on ZDF this morning that the previous plans for the so-called fleet limits for heavy commercial vehicles were missing a significant part, namely synthetic fuels.
According to Handelsblatt, Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) spoke out in favor of Germany's approval on the sidelines of a trip to Algeria.
“The German economy and industry expect that, and I also advocate that it happens that way.” The economy has invested a lot in climate-friendly or climate-neutral trucks, especially in electrically powered models.
Negotiators from the EU states had already agreed in January that there should be new and stricter requirements for fleet limit values.
These limits regulate how much climate-damaging CO2 vehicles will be allowed to emit in the future.
CO2 emissions from coaches and trucks are expected to fall by 90 percent by 2040 - compared to 2019.
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A digital meeting in the Chancellery on Thursday with representatives from several ministries and companies did not produce a breakthrough.
Participants then said that the majority of manufacturer and supplier representatives had called on the federal government to agree to the new fleet limits.
Truck buyers need planning security, otherwise they would hesitate to buy electric trucks.
dpa