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Mr Sarkozy (l) and Ms Merkel do not always see eye-to-eye (Photo: Consilium)

Merkel and Sarkozy claim unity on car emissions

French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel have said they have achieved "an important breakthrough" on controversial EU plans to reduce car emissions.

After holding talks in the German town of Straubing on Monday (9 June), the two leaders threw their weight behind a European Commission proposal to limit average CO2 emissions of new cars to 120 grammes/km from 2012.

"We have made an important breakthrough on this subject where initially our positions wer...

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Mr Sarkozy (l) and Ms Merkel do not always see eye-to-eye (Photo: Consilium)

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