Row a further signal of tensions over the green deal landmark proposals to tackle climate crisis
unless there was a place for climate-neutral e-fuels, in addition to battery-powered electric vehicles.
In an implicit rebuke from a close ally, the Belgian prime minister, Alexander De Croo, said there could be no hesitation in going for the electrification of the transport system. “We cannot hesitate now, ask questions and try to change the strategy.” EU officials blame Scholz and Green party members of the government for failing to take a more forceful stance to solve the combustion engine dispute inside the three-way coalition.
Pascal Canfin, the French centrist who chairs the European parliament’s environment committee, tweeted that reopening the deal was a red line and called on Germany to “stay a reliable country”., said she was sure “we will find a solution” but that “time is of the essence”.
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