Overview
- SPD economic spokesman Sebastian Roloff said the CDU keeps adding demands that unsettle the 2035 engine plan and urged quick, targeted adoption of the Commission draft.
- The Commission plan would replace the ban with a rule that carmakers’ fleets in 2035 emit 90 percent less CO2 than in 2021.
- CDU/CSU climate spokesman Mark Helfrich called for maximum flexibility to protect jobs and warned that a German abstention in the EU Council would cause harm.
- IG Metall chief Christiane Benner sought carveouts so plug‑in hybrids and range‑extender models can still be sold after 2035 to safeguard auto and supplier jobs.
- EU talks are expected to run for months, extending planning uncertainty for manufacturers and drivers as Germany’s car industry and suppliers face weak demand and tough global competition.