The decision was made today at Coreper I, which is attending a meeting of EU member states. “We will come back to the matter at the appropriate time,” spokesman Daniel Holmberg said.
It was the German Minister of Transport, Volker Wessing this week Clarify that Germany cannot currently agree to the ban. Liberals argue that the door should be kept open for combustion engines with so-called e-fuels. According to him, this has been agreed upon, and he is asking the European Commission to submit a proposal to this effect.
E-fuel, or synthetic fuel, is carbon dioxide neutral. Carbon dioxide is released during combustion, but is removed from the air during fuel production. However, it is simply a matter of combustion in which local pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and ammonia are emitted.
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Member states have already reached a compromise with the European Parliament on the ban. Half the globe already ratified the agreement last month. The pending vote among member states is the final step in the decision-making process.
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