The European Union (EU) is reportedly set to abandon plans to ban selling new petrol cars in a U-turn that could have an impact on Britain. The EU planned to reach an 100% fall in passenger vehicle carbon emissions by 2035, effectively banning the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by that year. However, Manfred Weber, president of the European People’s Party (EPP), has claimed to German newspaper Bild that a total ban on new petrol cars would be scrapped, with the requirement being lowered to a 90% reduction.

If confirmed, the U-turn may be the result of some of Europe's biggest car producers, including Germany , strongly opposing the ban. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are among those who have reportedly

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