We have already talked at length about the anti-pollution policy that the European Union is carrying out and about how they have focused on the automotive sector. However, not all member countries agree with the regulations Euro 7 coming into force in 2025 to tighten the pollution limits that new cars can emit. Already areeight countries that have joined to try to revoke this rule before it arrives.
It is not the first time that Euro 7 has been questioned, as the manufacturers also accused it of having too ambitious and unrealistic objectives. now they are France, Italy, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia those who ally so that it does not continue. In fact, they have made a document in which they directly want this regulation to be removed, which focuses on reducing emissions such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, in addition to addressing other issues such as brake and tire particles.
For these countries, complying with Euro 7 in the short term would mean divert money investments that will be crucial to achieve that goal of banning combustion vehicles by 2035. That issue was also highly criticized and Germany was the one that led the possibility of allowing synthetic fuels from that date. However, Germany is not present in this coalition who worries about what is imminently to come. Nor Spain, despite being one of the countries that will be most affected by Euro 7.
This regulation is supposed to enter effective July 1, 2025, but the eight countries mentioned believe that it would be more realistic if they were applied three years later. In any case, the conditions have yet to be negotiated between the European organizations and the countries that have problems. Some are receiving support from the manufacturers themselves, being France and Stellantis the clearest example. Emmanuel Macron, president of our neighboring country, has already said that there should be a pause in the climate regulation of the European Union and Carlos Tavares, executive director of Stellantis, argued that these last steps to reduce CO2 emissions represent “unnecessary burdens for the industry and will delay the sector’s shift towards electrification.
Source: Automotive News
