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EU to ban fossil fuel car sales by 2035, slash truck and bus emissions

Vehicles are seen on Paris main ring road. (Illustration photo) © AFP/Philippe Lopez

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with a view to getting them off the continent's roads by mid-century.

EU member states have already approved the legislation and will now formally push it into law, despite opposition from conservative MEPs, the parliament's biggest group.

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