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Would-be German government agrees on policy for cars with excess emissions

FILE PHOTO: Cars and trucks are stuck in a traffic jam near Irschenberg, Germany July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's would-be coalition partners agreed on Friday on an environmental policy in which cars with excess emissions would be refitted rather than taken off the road.

In a coalition paper seen by Reuters, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) also said they would aim to promote the use of electric vehicles, in particular by fostering the introduction of more electric taxis, buses and delivery vehicles.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of parliament vote during a session of German lower house of Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

(Reporting by Markus Wacket, writing by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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