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Italy’s Meloni denounces ‘ideological madness’ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars – POLITICO

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Italy’s Meloni denounces ‘ideological madness’ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars – POLITICO

“To argue otherwise was simply an ideological madness that we will work to correct,” Meloni said. Reducing pollution should not be done “at the expense of economic and social sustainability, [but] defending and promoting European production and safeguarding tens of thousands of jobs.” She promised to “review the most ideological rules within the Green Deal … Read more

Von der Leyen’s German party still wants to kill EU combustion engine ban – POLITICO

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Von der Leyen’s German party still wants to kill EU combustion engine ban – POLITICO

“We want to abolish the ban on combustion engines, and preserve Germany’s cutting-edge combustion engine technology and develop it further in a technology-neutral way. Synthetic fuels play a central role in this,” the draft program reads.  In contrast, the Christian Democrats’ political family, the European People’s Party (EPP), decided to drop a similar call from … Read more