EU ministers seek slightly more ambition in CO2 cars bill

Negotiations between EU institutions on a new bill that will set CO2 standards for cars and vans until 2030 will begin on Wednesday afternoon (10 October) after EU environment ministers achieved a common position late on Tuesday evening.

The compromise deal was reached at a Council of the EU meeting in Luxembourg that began in the morning and wrapped up only shortly before midnight.

Austrian environment minister Elisabeth Kostinger, who chaired the ministerial meeting, said that t...