QWhat will be the standard for new cars in 2035? This is what is at stake in the vote on Wednesday in the European Parliament, where it will be a question of pronouncing (or not) the death of the combustion engine for new vehicles in 2035. This provision is part of the climate package, a set of eight texts adopted in mid-May by the ENVI committee (committee for the environment, public health and food safety), chaired by Pascal Canfin (Renew). The texts will now have to be voted on in plenary in Strasbourg. The battle for amendments is underway to influence this climate package that the European right considers unrealistic, too ambitious, illusory.
After months of discussions, it is a kind of lobbying world championship that surrounds the European hemicycle as the number…