[New_California]

Poland and Hungary were also strictly against the ban on selling gasoline cars. So no, it's not only Germany.

Whether EU itself will be still a thing in 12+ years to enforce this bullshit ban is another question.

[Vespasian]

What makes you believe it won't be a thing (or a rebranded version of it)?

Unless any of the European countries (even the larger ones) wants to be crushed by the economic weight of the US or China they better stick together.

Even most Euro-skeptics seems to get it by now.

The fact that Russia is removing itself from the game of economics and has voluntarily killed of European dependency on their gas is reducing inner EU conflict.

[New_California]

Not saying it necessarily will fall apart but there is a possibility. UK is already out. Hungary and Poland are very nasty EU members for lack of a better term. The tension is growing.

Personally I would much prefer EU to *reset* to bare free-trade, free-movement, no-borders ethos, removing entirety of central regulations and central governance.

[lakomen]

haha this is so naive I don't know what to say, it's almost cute.

I can only wish you open eyes and an open mind capable of thinking your own thoughts.

I should know better than to comment on something like this, but sometimes I just can't be helped.

[ihatepython]

> Whether EU itself will be still a thing in 12+ years to enforce this bullshit ban is another question.

You are correct, the EU is going to break up, definitely before 2035, and probably sooner rather than later. We are at the beginning of a serious financial crisis, this time it's a sovereign debt crisis, caused by going to negative interest rates in 2014 (among other reasons).