The absolute largest and oldest party group in the European Parliament will now have withdrawn a ban on the internal combustion engine.
The European People's Party Group (EPP), which is the largest and oldest grouping of parties in the European Parliament, now wants to get rid of the ban on fossil-fuel cars in Europe.
This is shown in a leaked memo from the party's election program text leading up to the EU elections, which will take place in June this year.
That's what Euroactiv writes.
From the leak, it appears that EPP works for several things. But it is particularly interesting that the group of parties both rejects the ban on fossil-fuel cars and wants it rolled back from the current deadline of 2035.
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The rolling back of the ban must, says the EEP, take place "as soon as possible". The ban in its current form is no stricter than that it also allows synthetic fuels after 2035. But it is not enough for the EPP, which wants to get rid of the ban completely.
Leading EEP figures, i.a. the German politician Jens Gieseke calls the fossil fuel ban 'part of the EU Commission's ban ideology'.
The same Jens Gieseke has long warned against what he calls a 'Havana effect'. Alluding to the EU becoming a new Cuba, where old cars drive around. Not unlike the conditions in the Cuban capital.
In other words, EEP aligns itself with a car brand like Toyota, where chairman of the board and former director Akio Toyoda advocates a 'technological openness'.
In connection with a recent event, Toyoda said, among other things, that it is: " The customers – neither rules nor politics – should make that decision (in relation to the fuel, ed.) ."
The stance from EEP is interesting because as recently as last March, EU politicians succeeded in voting through a ban on fossil-fuel cars.
However, as mentioned, the ban is not without exceptions. Exceptions such as Germany and six other EU countries would be included in the ban agreement in exchange for… well, a ban.
