Germany joins Italy to call for earlier revision of CO2 targets for cars

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) joined calls on Monday (23 September) for a quicker revision of the EUโ€™s CO2 standards for cars after the Italian government and industry had previously pushed for such a move.

Car-making regions want slice of EU funds to power transition

As the shift towards electric vehicles majorly changes the employment structure of the automotive industry, car regions should be supported with EU money, the economy minister of Germanyโ€™s state of Saxony-Anhalt, Sven Schulze, told Euractiv in an inter…

Poland files lawsuit against key EU climate policies

The EU’s recently adopted climate legislation was not properly assessed, exceeded Brussels’ authority and now threatens Poland’s economy as well as energy security, legal arguments published by Warsaw on Monday (28 August) contend.