Brussels, 10/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - Confounding all expectations, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, meeting on 9 June in Straubing for the 9th Council of Franco-German ministers, obtained a bilateral agreement on principles for reducing CO2 emissions from cars in the EU. In a joint declaration, the two leaders affirmed their support for the target proposed by the European Commission in February 2007 for compelling car manufacturers to lower CO2...