Based on this position, the group probably wants to submit a resolution to the European Parliament in January regarding the automotive industry, for which it will now seek support. According to Nerudová, the European Commission should also act quickly and take the necessary measures.
“We are proposing specific steps that should be implemented so that car companies do not pay fines next year, or pay them in significantly lower orders than what it looks like based on the current rules,” said Nerudová. According to her, the negotiations within the People’s Party faction were very difficult, but in the end they managed to agree on a “strong compromise”. During the negotiations, she was in close contact with the ACEA organization and representatives of the Škoda company.
“It turned out that if the Czechs know how to work it out, we have our weight even in a large faction, and then we will do very well in the EP when we have 188 MEPs behind us,” she added, saying that she has, for example, signals also from the faction of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) that they could support the resolution.
The Czech Republic is fighting for the reduction of crushing fines for car companies for emissions
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It was the Czech Republic and Italy, with the support of other countries, that recently called on the European Union to reduce the fines that are to be applied from next year to car companies that do not sell enough electric cars.
According to Minister of Industry Lukáš Vlček (STAN), it is important that the automotive industry primarily has resources for innovation and increasing competitiveness. According to him, siphoning money from car companies for fines for not selling a sufficient number of electric cars is not the right way.
As Vlček stated at the end of November, he considers the recent statement of the head of the new European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, to be a strong signal in this regard. She declared that she intends to personally address the agenda of the automotive industry and the problems that car companies are now facing.
The European automotive industry is going through a crisis caused by the transition to low-carbon technologies, the deterioration of supply chains, increased competition from Asia and also a drop in demand for electric models.
Emissions from transport and polluted rivers. The Czech Republic still has ecological problems
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