Paris has warned the European Union against watering down its climate policy framework ahead of a ministerial meeting on Thursday, stressing that EU laws must remain consistent with the bloc’s 2040 climate objectives agreed earlier this year.
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A bloc of seven countries of the European Union, led by Spain, France and the Netherlands, has stood in the face of Brussels' attempt to soften transport decarbonisation targets. In a joint document sent to the press, this group — which complements Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden — argues that lowering CO2 emissions requirements to passenger cars would be a ‘strategic error’ that would put at risk billions of euros in already implemente…