(Tiper Stock Exchange) – There is no agreement among the Twenty-seven on the question of the new Euro 7 standards for petrol cars. In Strasbourg today, Monday 13 March, is expected to be a hot day, because the Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic Martin Kupka summoned a Transportation Summit.
Kupka has indeed called to appeal the eleven European ministers, including Italythey said against the Brussels proposal on the new non-polluting emission standards. The meeting should take place in the middle of the day, between noon and three in the afternoon, on the sidelines of the plenary session of the European Parliament.
It will also be on the table the agreement on stop diesel and petrol cars from 2035on which Italy and Germany have already expressed their opposition.
The new Euro 7 legislationwhich it should become mandatory from 1 July 2025 for cars and vans and from 1 July 2027 for heavy vehicles, proposes to drastically reduce air pollution, through a clear reduction in emissions compared to the previous Euro 6 standard. On the basis of the new standards, petrol and diesel vehicles will first of all have the same limits. There should be one reduction of NOx (nitrous oxide) emissions to 60 mg/km for both petrol and diesel. For this second category it would be a cut emissions by 35% compared to the previous limit of 80 mg/km. Also expected a particulate matter cut by 13%.
Together with the new Euro 7 standards, which are already frightening the car industry due to the enormous investments it requires, there is also the question of a ban on internal combustion engine cars (petrol and diesel from 2035) on the scales. opposed by Italy and Germany. The latter objected that the stop would penalize countries with a solid car industry without taking into account the possible diffusion of biofuels. For Italy, the minister expressed himself negatively Matthew Salvini who promised that he will object in any way “to stop this madness” which would lead to one avalanche of layoffs.