Overview

• Carsten Schneider argues sticking to the timeline offers planning certainty and protects firms that have already realigned to climate rules.
• He reiterates that from 2035 new EU cars must emit zero CO2 or manufacturers will face penalties under current law.
• Merz has called an auto summit at the Chancellery on Thursday with federal ministers, state representatives, industry leaders and unions, with Lower Saxony’s Olaf Lies among the attendees.
• Lies has urged dropping the planned phaseout, underscoring divisions inside the governing parties over the policy.
• Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil says the government will extend the car tax exemption for new pure electric vehicles, applying to first registrations through 2030 with relief lasting up to 2035.