SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

Lobbying intensifies and pits Germany against 7 member states and BEUC on question of post-2020 CO2 vehicle emissions

Brussels, 02/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

As 8 November approaches, lobbying at the European Commission is being stepped up in an attempt to influence the legislative proposals expected next Wednesday on the post-2020 revision of CO2 emission standards and the European fleet of new cars and vans (see EUROPE 11895).

According to the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany is not going to be outdone in attempting to provide a counterweight to the eight member states and European Consumers Organisation (BEUC), which have been...