At the Environment Council in Luxembourg on Tuesday 9 October, there was the will to reach a general approach aimed at reducing CO² emissions from new cars and vans after 2021. However, discussions were far from over. At the time of going to press, a second round-the-table debate was to begin after closed-door bilateral talks and attempts at reaching a compromise since the morning’s debate.
The target of a 30% reduction by 2030, advocated by the least ambitious countries, was however...