The German chancellor presides over a coalition that includes the FDP, which opposes the EU’s ban on the internal-combustion engine. Blocking the agreement after EU-wide consensus had been reached is unprecedented. Read why:
This month would have marked something of a public-relations triumph for the’s regulatory machine. Seldom do laws agreed in Brussels—by 27 member states, the European Commission and 705s—draw much interest from anyone beyond lobbyists and a few Twitter obsessives. The banning of the internal-combustion engine was such a case. It points to Europe taking tangible steps towards reaching “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050, including a 55% cut on 1990 emissions by the end of the decade.
The self-congratulations have been delayed—or perhaps cancelled, nobody quite knows. Even Brussels insiders had assumed the internal-combustion rule had been passed months ago. Only the procedural step of ministerial signatures remained, another opportunity for politicians to take plaudits for a job well done. What should have been a mere formality has turned into a giant spanner in the works.
The main fear in Brussels is that gauche coalition-management by Mr Scholz has resulted in the derailing of a vitalgreen measure. The commission may well pull out some face-saving assurances to help him placate theand still allow the law to pass. Its president, Ursula von der Leyen, is herself a former German minister, and attended a meeting of its federal cabinet last weekend.
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