āIG Metall calls for realistic emissions regulationsā
Germanyās largest labour union, IG Metall, has called for āstrict but achievableā emission limits which take concerns of the car industry into account, writes Holger Appel in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Constantly tightened limit values would āoverstrain carmakersā and ādisregard physical realitiesā, the union argues, according to Appel. In a five-point plan that IG Metall plans to present in Brussels, the union calls for a lower annual reduction factor for emission limits and makes a case for āclean dieselā technology that is āmore climate-friendly than petrol enginesā, Appel writes.
For background on the shift to decarbonised mobility in Germany see the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheet Energiewende in transportation: Vague goals, modest strides.