BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers are set to back a more ambitious carbon dioxide reduction target for fleets of cars and vans of 45 percent by 2030 on Monday, EU sources said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Cars drive along a road in central Brussels March 8, 2007. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo The draft rules to be voted on in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee on Monday evening would also set an interim goal of a 20 percent reduction by 2025. Sources say the proposed revision of the EU executive’s initial draft target of 30 percent by 2030 is backed by a majority of lawmakers in the committee, which tends to push for more ambitious climate legislation than the assembly as a whole. But the European People’s Party (EPP), the biggest bloc in the chamber, favors the European Commission’s original proposal. “It is not an easy legislation,” lawmaker Miriam Dalli, who […]