Merkel's CDU successor laments 'crusades' against diesel


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  • Monday, 14 Jan 2019

CDU party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Manfred Weber, member of the Christian Social Union party, CSU, and top candidate of the European People's Party (EPP) for the European elections attend a strategy meeting of Germany's governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Potsdam, Germany, January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

BERLIN (Reuters) - German conservative leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Monday accused environmental organisations of mounting "crusades" against diesel vehicles and said that driving bans threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Referring to the non-government environmental organisation DUH, which has launched legal battles to ban the most polluting diesel cars from cities, she said: "DUH is doing a good job, but there is a growing impression that crusades are being led against diesel."

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