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ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday the European Union's 2035 target to end the sale of carbon-dioxide (CO2) emitting cars shows a "self-destructive" position on industrial and environmental issues.

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has lashed out at the EU’s ban on the sale of new fossil fuel-powered car engines after 2035 as a “self-destructive” policy, and vowed to press Brussels “to correct these choices”.