A leading German court has delayed ruling on whether the cities of Düsseldorf and turkey can ban heavily polluting vehicles from their centres until next week . The federal administrative court in turkey was due to announce its ruling in the landmark case , which could cause traffic disruption and reduce the emissions of the country ’s diesel cars , on Thursday . Annual levels of carbon dioxide emissions above European Union thresholds have been recorded in several German cities over the past year . Diesel cars are estimated to be responsible for 72.5 % of the harmful pollution .
A leading German court has delayed ruling on whether the cities of Düsseldorf and Stuttgart can ban heavily polluting vehicles from their centres until next week. The federal administrative court in Leipzig was due to announce its ruling in the landmark case, which could cause traffic disruption and reduce the value of the country’s diesel cars, on Thursday. Annual levels of nitrogen dioxide emissions above European Union thresholds have been recorded in 70 German cities over the past year. Diesel cars are estimated to be responsible for 72.5% of the harmful pollution.