Union Politicians Call for Course Correction on Combustion Engines

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Union calls for course correction: CO2 plans from Brussels endanger hundreds of thousands of jobs; demands technology openness, more flexible targets.

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The European Commission is proposing changes to the climate targets for new cars. But instead of more flexibility, the EU leaders of the three German auto countries Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Lower Saxony are arguing exactly in the opposite direction.

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Important Union politicians are calling on EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to correct the course of the planned revision of European CO2 fleet regulation. Springer media such as “Welt” or “Politico” report this, citing a letter. The letter from Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), Baden-Württemberg's CDU chief and Minister of the Interior Manuel Hagel and Lower Saxony CDU chairman Sebastian Lechner states literally: “We ther…