BERLIN — The German government is still discussing its voting behaviour on European Union plans to effectively ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, a German government spokesperson said.
The comments come after Christian Lindner, the country’s finance minister and vice chancellor, said on Tuesday that Europe’s biggest car market would not agree to the ban, adding that there would continue to be niches for combustion engines after this date.
Lindner is a member of the pro-business Free Democrats, which shares power with the Social Democrats and Greens.