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Italy seeks alliance with France and Germany to tame EU car emissions laws

Cars are seen in a traffic jam in Rome, December 23, 2019. Picture taken December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME - Italy wants to team up with France and Germany to "influence" and slow the pace of European Union laws on cutting car and truck emissions, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government has already come out strongly against the bloc's decision to outlaw the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with one minister calling the forced switch to electric "suicide" and a "gift" to Chinese industry.

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