The PPE Group has always supported the objectives the EU has set in connection with the energy transition and the implementation of the Paris Agreements.

In the Balearic Islands, a legislative initiative has now been put forward proposing that by 2050 only electric cars would be allowed on the islands’ roads. As from 2025 it would no longer be possible to register diesel-powered vehicles, and as from 2035 petrol-powered vehicles. It would still be possible to use vehicles registered on the islands after those dates, irrespective of whether they are diesel‐ or petrol-powered.

The new measures would mean that visitors arriving on the islands by ferry with their own vehicles powered by internal combustion engines would not be able to enter.

For some years now the authorities and people of the Balearic Islands have been committed to fostering sustainable development.

1.What view does the Commission take of initiatives of this kind?

2.Does it take the view that regional governments are competent to put forward legislative initiatives of this kind?

3.Does it take the view that this initiative breaches EC law or any of the fundamental principles enshrined in the Treaties?