Car-Pollution Rules Hang in Balance as Europe Delays Vote
- Merkel allies seek time to rally support for diluted rules
- European Parliament plans February vote on new test plan
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The European Parliament postponed voting on a watered-down plan for new tests on smog-causing car pollution, as lawmakers who want to go easy on the auto industry sought more time to rally support.
The European Union assembly’s decision to vote in February instead of next week slows a push to veto the proposal agreed in October by EU national governments concerned about extra costs for automakers. The delay was requested by the largest political group in the Parliament -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s European People’s Party -- after the assembly’s environment committee opposed the bill.