{"id":420198,"date":"2025-03-03T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/03\/03\/von-der-leyen-tende-mano-a-industria-auto\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:53:38","slug":"von-der-leyen-extends-hand-to-the-auto-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/03\/03\/von-der-leyen-extends-hand-to-the-auto-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen extends hand to the auto industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels -Aid to European electric battery manufacturers, accelerate the review process on the stop to conventional engines from 2035, and, most importantly,\u00a0freeze fines for three years for manufacturers that fail to meet sustainability criteria<\/strong> set by the EU’s Green Agenda. The second strategic dialogue for the auto industry’s future sees EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen\u00a0meet the industry’s demands halfway.<\/p>\n

She herself announces the European Commission’s new approach to sustainable transport. First and foremost is the issue of fines. New anti-emission requirements for car manufacturers are already in effect this year. Specifically, EU regulations impose a 95 grams of CO2 per kilometer driven threshold. It\u00a0is an average figure calculated on the total emissions produced by registered four-wheelers. In essence, fewer diesel and gasoline cars must sold and an increasing number of\u00a0low- and\/or zero-emission vehicles. Failure to do so will trigger fines.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen strikes the right balance\u00a0to avoid calling into question her actions of the last legislature. “To address this in a balanced manner, I will propose a focused amendment to the CO2 Standards Regulation<\/a> <\/strong>this month. Instead of annual compliance, companies will get three years<\/strong>.<\/strong>” It is a\u00a0compromise that saves rules\u00a0the EU Commission president does not plan to\u00a0change. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the end of the second meeting with European carmakers [Brussels, March 3, 2024]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Von der Leyen is confident that unchanged emission thresholds but flexibility to the auto industry is the right way to secure the green light from the EU Council and Parliament and offload pressure from her party, the EPP, which calls for correctives. In addition,\u00a0after listening to European manufacturers, the president of the European Commission said she would “speed up work on the review” of the regulation that imposes a stop to conventional engines from 2035<\/strong>. The review was\u00a0scheduled for 2026\u00a0but should now\u00a0conducted by this year, contrary to what has already been stated.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the renewed EU\u00a0work agenda, the idea so dear to Italy seems to be making room for itself to go down the path of biofuels, which, so far, has been excluded from the mix for clean mobility by the European Commission. In revising the regulation, “full technological neutrality remains the core\u00a0principle,”<\/strong> von der Leyen again sounded.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It doesn’t end there because, in the face of criticism for an EU agenda too skewed toward electric,\u00a0von der Leyen\u00a0announced that in Brussels, “we will explore direct support” for European battery manufacturers<\/strong>. “Because while our own production is in the process of scaling up, we see that imported batteries are cheaper,” she denounces. At the same time, “we cannot let our electric cars be more expensive.”\u00a0 Hence, there is a need to study measures that would incentivize production in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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