Brussels agrees deal with Germany in spat over combustion engines ban

Brussels has agreed to exempt cars which run on certain types of fuel from the EU’s new law which will ban the sale of combustion engines from 2035, after Germany threatened to block it.

Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate commissioner, tweeted on Saturday that the European Commission had “found an agreement” with Berlin over the “future use of e-fuels in cars” after more than three weeks of negotiations to save the law.