THE’European Union breaks on theautomotivei.e. the first manufacturing sector, which represents about 7% of community GDP, giving work to about 13 million people, directly or indirectly.
Wednesday 5 March the EU floor For the compact and waiting, the tension of the interested parties reached the stars.
The automotive plan of united Europe
On the one hand there is the European Commission which continues to push on battery carworking on a new plan to encourage the adoption of electric cars and strengthen the production of batteries in Europe.
On the other side there are the conservatives of Ppe who criticize the decision to ban the sale of combustion car from 2035. I manufacturersthen, they fit into the debate asking to suspend the fines For those who do not respect the limits on CO2 emissions.
On his plan, Von der Leyen’s team will have to get rid of the duties of Donald Trump And Chinese competition, inflated by state aid and dumping, who beat western competitors.
The current picture, in summary, is as follows: the EU has established rigid limits for producers relating to environmental constraints, which It benefits Chinese cars.
He also imposed a boost for the production of electric vehicles, an objective that currently European companies are unable to reach, seeing themselves forced to tighten partnership with China. At present, therefore, theown goal It is double.
But to get out of the quagmire, the EU intends to remedy the most classic of the cards, namely that of Incentives on electric cars.
And not only that: in addition to the usual Ecobonus, the EU intends to focus on new sources of financingon the leasing socialon the second -hand market, as well as on the renewal of company fleets with e-car.
And support for European companies that produce electric batteries and electric cars, recycling incentives and new minimum production criteria released from the price of the components are still planned.
The icing on the cake will be the creation of a massive network of charging infrastructure, now rather lacking if you move away from the district of the main cities.
No retreat of fines in the automotive automotive
THE’Handle She managed to view a draft of the plan driven by Ursula von der Leyen and noticed how, at present, there is no mention of the collection of fines for producers that efforts the stringent European regulations in environmental matters.
The draft, however, could still be changed.
The position of Italy
In Italy they are the League to be the hardest against the position of the European Commission. Their position aims to
Reset the completely electrical eco-follies, eliminate the ban on petrol and diesel engines since 2035, cancel the fines provided. League and patriots ready to present a document to stop Ursula von der Leyen, which has always been supported by popular and socialists, in its anti-Italian euro-deliri.
Forza Italia It is expressed through the mouth of Deborah Bergamini, vice president of the PPE at the Council of Europe Assembly as well as foreign manager of the party.
Bergamini approves the ppe barricades and talks about “an unsitly standard”, referring to the total stop to the sale of combustion motor cars within a decade.
