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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU ministers to approve vehicle emissions law after deal with Germany

Cars on an assembly line at a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Sindelfingen, Germany
Cars on an assembly line at a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AFP/Getty Images

EU ministers are expected to approve a draft law on emissions standards for cars on Tuesday, after reaching a deal with Germany over the weekend that ended a damaging row over a key part of Europe’s green deal.

Pascal Canfin, a French centrist MEP who chairs the European parliament’s environment committee, said an EU law that all cars sold from 2035 must produce zero emissions “will be voted unchanged, including by Germany” on Tuesday.

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