Federal ministries will present joint list of demands to carmakers at diesel summit – BMUB

Germany’s federal government plans to present a joint list of demands to German carmakers at the national diesel summit on 2 August, a spokesperson for the environment ministry (BMUB) told journalists in Berlin on Monday. The inviting transport and environment ministries were in close consultation and the list was not yet finalised. At the first of several meetings to be held at the National Forum Diesel, the ministries and the companies were going to focus on software and hardware updates for Euro-5 and Euro-6 diesel cars  and would not “completely relive and re-discuss” all the events of the past months and years, he added. A spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel said that while it was about “criticising what needed to be criticised”, this had to be done with the awareness that the auto industry was a “strategically important industry branch in Germany”.

For background, read the CLEW article Why the German diesel summit matters for climate and energy, and the timeline of Germany's car emissions fraud scandal.