Merkel and Sarkozy 'breakthrough' on car emissions

Meeting for their annual bilateral summit on 9 June, the German Chancellor and French President finally smoothed over a heated dispute regarding European Commission plans to cap CO2 emissions from new cars. But green groups say the deal is a shamIn a joint statement , the two leaders gave their backing to EU plans to cut emissions of CO2 from new vehicles from current levels of around 160gkm to an average of 120gkm by 2012.While remaining vague over the details, Merkel and Sarkozy said ...

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