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With the “Fit for 55” program, the European Union wants to move towards a climate-neutral economy. However, some elements of this project are controversial. For example, the ban on combustion engines.
Polen wants to go to court against the decision to end new cars with combustion engines in the European Union. Climate Minister Anna Moskwa announced on Monday that the government would submit an appeal against the regulations to the EU’s highest court in the coming days. Poland does not agree with this part and other areas of the EU climate protection program “Fit for 55”.
“I hope that other countries will join,” Moskva said. At the end of March, after reaching an agreement with Germany, the EU energy ministers gave the green light for the extensive phase-out of internal combustion engines from 2035. Poland voted against the plans. The government in Warsaw called them unrealistic and feared rising vehicle prices in the future. Italy, Bulgaria and Romania abstained.
According to the decision, new cars may no longer emit CO2 emissions from 2035 onwards. In 2030, levels must be 55 percent below 2021 levels. At the insistence of the FDP, the federal government had enforced that cars with combustion engines may continue to be newly registered if they are operated exclusively with CO2-free fuels (so-called e-fuels). The transport sector accounts for almost a quarter of the EU’s CO2 emissions. In the future, most car manufacturers want to focus primarily on electric vehicles.
