French Minister Le Maire helps Italy on green cars

The owner of the Paris Economy asks the EU not to insist on too strict rules for the new Euro7 engine, one of Rome’s requests. Thus Timmermans’ activism begins to lose ground

On the day in which the gigafactory to build batteries for the automotive industry opens in France, Bruno Le Maire, the French economy minister, also asks Europe not to insist on too strict rules for the new Euro 7 engine. Indeed, the European car industry complains about the emission standards contained in the proposed regulation which cost billions without achieving substantial improvements. You can’t ask to invest in electricity and at the same time ask to spend huge sums on heat engines is essentially the reasoning. By standards that the United States and China are careful not to impose on their industry.