Car industry EU Commission will overturn ban on combustion cars according to top politicians
According to EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber, the EU Commission wants to overturn the ban on combustion engines.
11.12.2025, 18:08
SDA
"For new registrations from 2035, a 90 percent reduction in CO2 emissions is now to become mandatory for car manufacturers' fleet targets instead of 100 percent," the leading politician of the European People's Party (EPP) told the Bild newspaper. According to Weber, there will also be no 100 percent target from 2040.
The EU Commission initially did not wish to comment on the report when asked. If the European Parliament and the EU member states also approve the plan as Weber describes it, the so-called end of the combustion engine would be off the table. Representatives of the EU member states and the European Parliament had actually decided that new cars in the EU would no longer be allowed to emit climate-damaging carbon dioxide (CO2) during operation from 2035.
In practice, this would mean that new cars with combustion engines would no longer be allowed to be registered in around ten years' time. The aim is to reduce emissions in the transport sector. Following pressure from the industry and member states, the EU Commission had announced its intention to review the regulation on phasing out combustion engines.
The Brussels authority intends to present its proposals for possible changes to the so-called combustion engine phase-out next week. In addition to proposals for phasing out combustion engines, other measures such as a battery strategy and proposals for more environmentally friendly company cars are also to be presented.
