{
  "id": 15870525,
  "title": "EU: Parliament apparently wants to relax planned combustion engine ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/eu-parlament-will-offenbar-geplantes-verbrenner-aus-lockern",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T09:57:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/eu-parlament-will-offenbar-geplantes-verbrenneraus-lockern/100263846.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The European Parliament's major factions are considering watering down a planned ban on new combustion engine cars by 2035. A compromise paper suggests reducing new car fleet greenhouse gas emissions by 87.5% if climate-friendly steel is used, instead of the original ban. Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP group, confirmed an agreement, saying the combustion engine ban is off the table. The move has been welcomed by Markus Söder, but criticized by Green MEP Michael Bloss and Hildegard Müller, president of the German automotive industry association VDA.",
  "summary": "The major factions in the European Parliament are striving to soften the planned ban on new combustion engine cars for 2035. The project is also meeting with criticism.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}