Ahead of the strategic dialogue with the European automotive industry organised by the European Commission on Thursday 30 January (see EUROPE 13561/7), the German delegation of the S&D Group in the European Parliament published a position paper on Thursday 23 January that introduces “concrete measures for a sustainable future for the industry”.
MEPs support the postponement or staggering of penalties from 2025 for non-compliance with the 2019 CO2 emissions regulation, as requested by many manufacturers (see EUROPE 13559/32).
In their view, this will make it possible to “avoid the outflow of capital from the industry in a difficult economic situation”. They are asking the European Commission to modify the trajectory for reducing CO2 emissions, with other annual targets.
They also want to boost demand in the long term, in particular through a European social leasing programme, tax incentives for electric cars and binding targets for the electrification of commercial fleets.
They also recommend improving the policy framework to actively support this change, notably through initiatives within an ‘important project of common European interest’ (IPCEI), as proposed by Mario Draghi.
Read the position paper (in German): https://aeur.eu/f/f6h (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)