France attacks Germany's "dangerous" bid to change EU rules on car engines

Politico continues to report on the disagreements between France and Germany over proposed new EU green transport legislation. According to the portal, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said France is "ready to 'fight' Germany to save EU green transport legislation, which effectively bans the sale of passenger cars and vans with internal combustion engines from 2035". According to the portal, Germany has allies including Italy, Poland, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Separately, he states that "the future of the internal combustion engine is turning into a Franco-German war" as France has Spain on its side. The Reuters agency also reports on disagreements.
Elsewhere, Reuters reports that the EU will today propose a review of European electricity market rules "which aims to expand the use of fixed electricity price contracts to protect consumers from significant price jumps like last year". The measures will protect vulnerable consumers from being cut off by electricity suppliers if they are unable to pay their bills, Reuters writes. The proposal "doesn't represent the revolution that some countries like France and Spain have pushed for, but no more than market conservatives like Germany and the Netherlands have wanted," according to Politico. Bloomberg adds that the plans will include "virtual regional power centers." Elsewhere, Bloomberg reports that the EU "does not plan to stockpile metal batteries and other key commodities as part of new measures to secure supplies - a step back from what was previously proposed - after some major manufacturers opposed the move." .

Joshua Posaner, Giorgio Leali and Hans von der Burchard, Politico, 'Carbon Brief'