SECTORAL POLICIES / Climate

Yannick Jadot wants to raise ambitions for reducing CO2 emissions from heavy goods vehicles

Brussels, 20/06/2023 (Agence Europe)

Ahead of the first debate on Monday 26 June in the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), at a press briefing on Tuesday 20 June Yannick Jadot MEP (Greens/EFA, French) explained his ambitions for the text, which will set targets for reducing CO₂ emissions from heavy goods vehicles.

Presented in February by the European Commission (see EUROPE B13121A1), the legislative proposal concerns urban, rural and long-distance lorries and buses,...