Majority against phasing out combustion engines from 2035

The majority of Germans reject the idea of ​​phasing out combustion engines from 2035. The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder also wants to defend himself against this.

According to a survey, a majority of Germans are against a planned EU ban on combustion engines from 2035. As “Bild am Sonntag” previously reported, citing a survey by Insa, 61 percent reject the step, 24 percent are in favor. In the newspaper, CSU boss Markus Söder called for the plans to be stopped.

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“The end of combustion engines for 2035 is wrong and must therefore be withdrawn,” says the Bavarian Prime Minister. “Our automobile manufacturers are world leaders in the construction of combustion engines. It is therefore downright absurd to shut down a functioning technology and leave it to other countries in the future.”

Söder also criticized the abolition of the purchase bonus for electric cars. “Instead of banning and cutting back, we have to allow and promote. That’s why the federal government must reintroduce the bonus for electric cars.”

Söder was once in favor of the end of combustion engines

From 2035 onwards, only CO2-free new cars will be allowed to be registered in the EU, which practically means a ban on combustion engines. According to the newspaper, Söder himself called for a ban on combustion engines from 2035 in 2020.

The dispute takes place against the backdrop of the European elections in two months. In mid-March, the Union included a passage in its election program according to which a “future perspective for the clean combustion engine” should be created: “We want to abolish the ban on combustion engines and preserve the top German technology of the combustion engine and develop it further in a technology-neutral manner.”