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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for the idea of banning internal combustion engine cars sometime in the future, as planned by other European countries, such as France and the UK. 鈥淚 cannot name a specific date now, but the approach is right, because if we invest more in charging infrastructure and technology for e-cars fast, a general transition will structurally be possible鈥�, she said in an interview with the German weekly magazine SUPERillu, to be published on 17 August. In a statement before the summer break, a federal government spokesperson had said that a ban on diesel or petrol cars was 鈥渃urrently not on the agenda鈥�. In the interview, Merkel said that Germany would still need combustion engines for some time, but could only reach its 鈥渁mbitious 2050 climate targets鈥� if the transport sector also emitted less CO鈧�. She said that modern diesel cars were needed in the meantime, as they emitted less CO鈧� than petrol cars.
In a televised interview with public broadcaster Phoenix, Merkel said that the German car industry had to 鈥渟ee the writings on the wall鈥� regarding the future of mobility. 鈥淥therwise, foreign companies will come one day and show how it鈥檚 done, how e-cars are made. I would like to avoid that鈥�, she said. Asked about criticism of her absence from the first diesel summit in July, Merkel said she would attend the next meeting in autumn 鈥渁s chancellor鈥� 鈥� if she was successful in the elections. Merkel, who is leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), also said that her party would not form a coalition with the Left Party or the Alternative for Germany (AfD) after the elections in September, explaining that 鈥渁part from that we do not run coalition campaigns鈥�.

Find an article on the SUPERillu interview in German and watch the Phoenix interview in German . Find a Reuters article on the topic in English .

For background, read the 威力彩玩法 factsheet The debate over an end to combustion engines in Germany.