It is "unreasonable" for Europe not
to include biofuels in a deal to allow the sale of vehicles that
burn fuels made from renewable energy past 2035, Environment and
Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on
Saturday.
"We trust that Europe does not prove itself to be unreasonable
and deaf to the calls coming from a country that is committed to
meeting the goals that will make Europe an energy-neutral
continent by 2050," Pichetto said.
His comment followed the announcement of an agreement between
the EU and Germany on the use of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels,
known as e-fuels, in cars.
Germany had been pushing for an exception to the EU's proposed
2035 ban on internal combustion engines in an attempt to reach
its climate neutrality goal by 2050.
However, the deal excludes the use of biofuels, which Italy had
instead been asking for.
Forza Italia lawmaker and head of the party's energy department
Luca Squeri had earlier described the agreement as " simply
intolerable".
"It is an agreement destined to harm not only Italy, but all of
Europe," Squery said.
"The government must continue the sacrosanct battle for
technological neutrality, because we risk paying dearly for the
insane environmentalism of the European left."
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