On Friday 3 March, the Committee of Member States’ representatives to the EU (‘Coreper’) decided to postpone the formal adoption of the agreement on new, stricter CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans from 2035. The EU Council vote on this text, which is to signal the end of sales of new combustion engine vehicles in 2035, was due to take place on 7 March. Coreper “will come back to the issue in due course”, said a spokesperson for the Swedish Presidency of the EU...