The adopted system offers a delayed delayed manufacturers on the objectives and avoids penalties at the due date of December 31, 2025.
Published the 08/05/2025 22:30 Reading time: 1min
It was a wish of the European executive to support the automotive industry in crisis. European deputies validated, Thursday, May 8, a relaxation of the rules imposed on car manufacturers in CO2 emissions, in order to avoid fines in 2025. This flexibility mechanism is part of the automobile support plan announced in early March by the European Commission, in search of a difficult balance between climatic ambitions and industry protection.
The system, denounced by environmentalists, consists in taking into account three years, from 2025 to 2027, instead of a single year. This offers a delay to manufacturers behind the objectives and avoids them with the maturity of December 31, 2025. The measure, which is strongly acclaimed by industrialists, concerns the manufacture and marketing of new vehicles, car and light utilities.
The text adopted in plenary session in Strasbourg (458 votes to, 101 against, 14 abstentions) was supported by a majority made up of the right (PPE), the Socialist and Democrats group as well as centrists and liberals from Renew. The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers welcomed the vote, welcoming “A step in the right direction”.
Since the European elections of June 2024, marked by an increase in the extreme right and a decline in the Greens, climatic measures taken during the previous mandate are gradually called into question, in the name of the competitiveness of the economy.
