{"id":459046,"date":"2026-07-07T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/07\/auto-il-parlamento-ue-conferma-il-sostegno-alla-mobilita-elettrica\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:48:08","slug":"cars-the-eu-parliament-reaffirms-its-support-for-electric-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/07\/cars-the-eu-parliament-reaffirms-its-support-for-electric-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars: the EU Parliament reaffirms its support for electric mobility"},"content":{"rendered":"

from our correspondent in Strasbourg<\/em> \u2013 Moving forward with EU automotive policies. The European Commission is calling for support for a package of measures aimed at innovation, competitiveness and sustainability in a sector considered strategic, and Parliament is responding by fostering a climate of openness on an extremely sensitive issue which nevertheless attracts its fair share of criticism. The Chamber is seeing a familiar dynamic: the Socialists and Greens are calling for the “green” framework of mobility policies not to be dismantled; the right is attacking what it sees as a policy that is counter-productive from an industrial perspective; while the People\u2019s Party (EPP) is opting for a mediating line: press ahead with the decarbonisation of the automotive sector, but with flexibility. <\/span><\/p>\n

With the car package<\/a>, the industrial accelerator<\/a> and the omnibus bill for the automotive sector, “we have tabled three bills which we believe address all the issues<\/strong>,” claims the Executive Vice-President for Industrial Strategy, St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9<\/strong>, who urges the House to \u201cadopt the legislative proposals on the table as soon as possible.\u201d To those who have criticised the approach to the development of electric mobility in recent years, S\u00e9journ\u00e9 points out that \u201c20 per cent of vehicles sold worldwide are electric, and the trend is rising.” If the EU fails to meet this demand, someone else \u2013 a well-known player \u2013 will: \u201cChina\u2019s share is growing steadily, accounting for over 15 per cent of the electric vehicle market.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 The Commission finds support within the EPP, the political group it represents. \u201cThe automotive package is one of the key elements in securing a future for European manufacturing,\u201d Massimiliano Salini<\/strong> (FI) stressed, who nevertheless has at least one criticism to make: \u201cThe market is signalling that this ambitious pace is not being met.\u201d He noted that the available figures suggest that electric vehicles will account for \u201c20 per cent of the total vehicle fleet at present, 38 per cent by 2030 and 64 per cent by 2035.” The transport revolution is underway, but it is not gathering pace. \u201cThe right conditions must be created; otherwise, we risk having to buy rights from non-European countries,\u201d and in this regard, the Forza Italia MEP stresses, the EU has \u201ctwo major assets: flexibility and technological neutrality.\u201d The EPP \u201cwill work towards this,\u201d which for Italy means biofuels \u2013 a sector in which the country has much to offer. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Liberals (RE) suggest making the most of this favourable moment: \u201cIn June, we saw record figures for demand for electric vehicles, but to be honest, it is the rise in fossil fuel prices that is making them affordable<\/strong>,\u201d said Sigrid Friis<\/strong>, who signals the group\u2019s pushback against attempts to undermine the Green Deal. \u201cSome would like to reopen the debate in the name of protecting industry, but that is not the case. It would mean investing less. We must be bold.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Moving forward with the European agenda for clean mobility remains a priority for the Socialists too: \u201cThe demand for second-hand electric vehicles must be encouraged,<\/strong>\u201d Mohammed Chahim<\/strong> (S&D) stressed, who is also determined to continue with the mobility agenda set out so far. \u201cWe have mocked electric vehicles for too long; now we must tackle the issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 Doubts and criticism are coming from the Conservative benches (ECR): \u201cChina is gaining ground; we have already lost 200,000 jobs, and we are seeing factories and supply chains shut down,\u201d argues Elena Donazzan<\/strong> (FdI). Meanwhile, from the PfE sovereigntists \u2013 of which the League is a member \u2013 the Czech MEP Klara Dostanova<\/strong> adds to the criticism: in the face of the crisis in the automotive sector, \u201cthe proposed approach is, unfortunately, not the right one.\u201d The Commission, she complains, \u201cis increasingly dictating what to do instead of allowing innovation to flourish.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Matthieu,<\/strong> of the Greens, criticises the industry, singling out one company in particular: \u201cIf Volkswagen\u2019s chief executive spent more time competing with China, we would be in a different situation,\u201d she said, referring to the possibility of closures and redundancies by the German group<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The plenary debate has seen approval to supporting the development of eco-friendly four-wheeled vehicles. The EPP is calling for flexibility and biofuels, whilst the Socialists are focusing on the second-hand market. Conservatives and sovereigntists have voiced criticism, and the Greens have attacked Volkswagen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":459022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30806],"tags":[26298,25810,28589,25755,25905,25853,32798,26708,32233,26539,26099,33394],"class_list":["post-459046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility-logistics","tag-automotive-en","tag-auto-en","tag-elena-donazzan-en","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-green-deal-en","tag-massimiliano-salini-en","tag-motori","tag-session-plenary-en","tag-sejourne-en","tag-stephane-sejourne-en","tag-transport-en","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459047,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459046\/revisions\/459047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}