Czech Premier Vows to Fight for Future of Fossil-Fuel Vehicles

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis vowed to defend the country’s key car-making industry, saying he’ll challenge a European Union proposal to abandon petrol and diesel cars by 2035.

“We won’t agree with the ban on selling fossil-fuel-powered cars,” he told the iDnes news website on Wednesday. “It’s not possible. We can’t dictate here what green fanatics devised in the European Parliament.”