European Commission president von der Leyen has just announced the EU will loosen enforcement of new climate regulations on carmakers. Strict plans in the bloc’s European Climate Deal set out numerous policies to achieve a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which includes gradually dropping targets for CO2 emissions in new European cars. From this year onwards the EU mandates new cars can’t produce more than an average of 93.6g of CO2 per kilometre – the average was 108.1g in 2022. And in 2030 the target plummets to 49.5g/km…
Von der Leyen says today the EU will consider changing compliance timeframes from one year to three in order to give struggling carmakers more “breathing space in the industry” while maintaining the strict targets themselves. Won’t be enough…
This comes as last year carmaker Stellantis (Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot) reported a 30% drop in new vehicle registrations, accompanied by Volkswagen dropping 15% and Renault 14%. De-industrialisation…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”