BRUSSELS — The newly buoyed right wasted no time in firing its first shot at the EU’s flagship package of green laws, minutes after proclaiming victory Sunday night in the European election.
In the crosshairs: a 2035 ban on the sale of combustion engine cars — a central pillar of the Green Deal’s plan to cut planet-warming emissions on Europe’s roadways.
It was the first thing mentioned by Manfred Weber, leader of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), which grabbed the most European Parliament seats in the election, as he walked out of a boisterous election night party in Brussels.
The ban, he told POLITICO, was a “mistake,” promising the party would discuss rolling it back in “upcoming days.”