Brussels is sticking to its controversial plans for curbs on combustion engines in the EU from 2035, according to internal documents, despite heavy pressure from the car industry to water down the incoming rules.
Answers prepared for the bloc’s climate chief Wopke Hoekstra for when he faces parliamentary hearings next month and seen by the Financial Times say the EU “cannot and should not roll back” its plan to outlaw the sale of new cars powered by fossil fuels.
The law, announced in 2021, has come under fire from Europe’s carmakers as they struggle with flagging electric vehicle sales and intense competition from Chinese manufacturers.
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