Next week the European Commission is set to publish the much-anticipated Fit for 55 package, which will set out the regulatory framework for implementing the EU’s Green Deal. Industry, trade unions, employers and environmental organisations (including T&E) have written to the Commission to request that higher climate ambition is combined with support for industrial transformation.
This demands a policy framework to deliver a ‘Just Transition’ for the automotive sector to ensure the anticipation and management of change, including reskilling and retraining workers for the jobs of the future.
T&E's reaction to Ursula von de Leyen’s election as European Commission president for a second five-year term
EU EV sales continued to grow but not in Germany
In the whole EU, the number of BEVs sold grew by just 1.3% but excluding Germany the increase was 9.4%
The auto industry can become a lead market for low-carbon steel production in Europe if lawmakers set content requirements.