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Das Auto debate — Activist Bill Browder on Russia's political prisoners

EU Confidential

POLITICO

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4.4175 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We debate Germany's last-minute effort to derail EU plans to end the sale of combustion engines by 2035. And our special guest is author and activist Bill Browder, discussing how the EU can take a stronger stance on punishing human rights violators. The EU wants to ban the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles by 2035, but the policy isn't going down well with German lawmakers keen to protect the country's behemoth car industry. Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO's Joshua Posaner and Hans von der Burchard to unpack the latest row stirring debate about the future of Das Auto. Then, Suzanne sits down with Bill Browder in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss his efforts to draw EU attention to political prisoners in Russia and Georgia. Finally, Josh and Hans return for our final segment decoding Brussels-speak. This week, the team explains what a "trilogue" is in EU policymaking.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:19.4

That's what we're giving with this legislation that from 2035 onwards, it's not allowed to put on the market cars that emit CO2 or other pollutants.

1:24.7

And let me just really say very clearly, what we're saying is zero emission at the tailpipe. So if industry thinks they can build cars with combustion engine that

1:29.5

can lead to zero emission, they're free to do that. The European Union is supposed to be

1:36.1

phasing out internal combustion cars by 2035. It's one of the bloc's key climate change proposals.

1:43.7

But the plan has hit a snag, as Germany has raised objections.

1:48.6

German Chancellor Olaf Schultz welcoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the country.

1:54.3

She was invited to a closed meeting of the cabinet on Sunday.

1:57.3

Just days after, decision on phasing out combustion engines was postponed because

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