Bavaria's PM "calls for reduction of vehicle tax for diesel cars鈥�
Der Spiegel / Spiegel Online
Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer (the Christian Social Union, or CSU) wants to counter falling diesel car sales by reducing vehicle taxes on 鈥渓ow-emission Euro-6-diesel鈥� cars, reports German weekly Der Spiegel. In a separate article, Spiegel Online writes that the federal environment ministry rejects such calls: 鈥淲e鈥檙e not especially interested in supporting a technology that doesn鈥檛 belong on the streets in the medium term anyway,鈥� said a spokesperson.
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