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Germany’s fractious coalition government plans to support pending European Union CO2 rules for lorries and other heavy vehicles in a vote on Friday in Brussels, sources in government circles told dpa on Friday. The agreement comes after last-minute debate within Germany’s coalition over the proposal. A vote at the EU level was planned for midday. Germany’s position had remained in doubt because of objections by the free-market liberal Free Democrats (FDP), the smallest party in the three-party coalition. But sources told dpa that Germany would press for additions to the rules, including a prov…

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