October 13, 2025
Germany reached an agreement with the European Union on a landmark regulation that requires new cars to be carbon neutral by 2035, resolving a dispute that threatened to undermine the bloc’s ambitious blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The agreement, which would allow some combustion engines beyond 2035, was quickly condemned by opponents.
The bloc and its largest economy had been at odds over the planned 2035 phase-out of CO2-emitting cars, but leaders signaled in recent days that they were close to a resolution.
Germany had wanted assurances that new combustion engine cars could be sold beyond the deadline if…