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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Philip Oltermann in Berlin

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Germany faces eu backlash over u turn on phasing out combustion engine - The Untold Story

Olaf Scholz.
Olaf Scholz. EU officials blame Germany’s chancellor and Green party members for failing to take a more forceful stance to solve the combustion engine dispute. Photograph: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images

Germany is facing a growing backlash inside the EU over its U-turn on a law to phase out the combustion engine in new cars by 2035, despite signs of an end to the standoff with Brussels.

The row comes amid growing concerns over France’s push to include nuclear across a swathe of laws on green technologies, a further signal of tensions over the EU green deal, landmark proposals to tackle the climate crisis.

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