London, Europe Brief News – 27 EU countries agreed to support the 2035 fossil fuel car ban and compromise on fund to shield citizens from CO2 costs.
The 27 EU countries found a common agreement on draft legislation aimed at slashing EU greenhouse gases by at least 55 percent in 2030 compared with 1990 rather than by a previously agreed 40 percent.
“A long but good day for climate action: The Council’s decisions on Fitfor55 are a big step towards delivering the EU Green Deal,” said Frans Timmermans, the European Commission vice president in charge of the Green Deal, after the meeting of environment ministers in Luxembourg.
The agreement on the five laws proposed by the EU’s executive arm last year paves the way for the final negotiations with the European Parliament.
EU lawmakers are backing ambitious bloc-wide targets and final approval of the legislative package will now require the European Parliament to resolve differences with the bloc’s national governments over various details.
“The Council is now ready to negotiate with the European Parliament on concluding the package, thereby placing the European Union more than ever in the vanguard of fighting climate change,” said Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the French minister for the energy transition.
