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Comment: EU's 'fit for 55' plans will find resistance on tax, transport and tariffs

By Giulia Bedini and Kathryn Carlson ( July 16, 2021, 08:28 GMT | Comment) -- Implementing the EU's climate plans unveiled this week is going to be "bloody hard to do," to borrow a phrase from climate commissioner Frans Timmermans, and the challenge will start with the bloc's legislative process. A higher minimum tax on fossil fuels, a de facto ban on the internal combustion engine, a new carbon market for vehicles and buildings, and a carbon tariff at the bloc's borders will be among the hardest measures to get approved by EU lawmakers and governments.World leaders’ soaring rhetoric on the climate crisis was translated into legislative proposals for the first time this week, as the European Commission laid out a dozen draft laws that will change how Europeans travel, trade and heat their homes over the next decade and beyond....

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