After the argument is before the argument: Just as the coalition struggled to end the combustion engine, it is arguing about the interpretation of the result after the conflict has been settled and the EU Environment Council has agreed on the climate targets for cars.
Has FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner now saved the combustion engine?
Or is it the end, as Green Environment Minister Steffi Lemke says?
The CDU is already talking about a sham with no practical consequences.
This is too hard.
With his resistance, Lindner managed to at least open the door to a technology-neutral solution.
The end of the combustion engine may have been decided at first.
The compromise also does not legally bind the EU Commission to propose alternatives to the electric motor.
However, if the manufacturers show that they can also achieve the EU climate targets for 2035 with combustion engines by using demonstrably climate-neutral synthetic fuels, the Commission will hardly be able to ignore this progress.
The future of the internal combustion engine now depends on clever developers.