BERLIN AND FRANCE BURY HATCHET OVER CO2 VEHICLE EMISSIONS ROW
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH and German governments have struck agreement over the proposed compulsory 120g/km target for automobiles within the European Union, (EU), with Paris giving ground to Berlin in some key areas.
Germany has opposed the European Commission-proposed average emissions cap saying the burden on technological changes would fall unfairly on its own iconic auto industry, producing - as it does - high quality, powerful cars with comparatively intense CO2 emissions.
But at the latest annual Franco-German summit, staged in car manufacturing hub ...
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