The Commission president José-Manuel Barroso has unveiled a new 10-year plan for ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ in the EU, as a follow-up to his Lisbon plan. Barroso said he wanted the EU’s 27 members to avoid divergences in growth and unemployment to help prevent the risk of a future financial crisis.
He reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to cut carbon dioxide levels by 30%, based on their 1990 levels by 2020 ‘if conditions are right’. Some environmental organisations criticised the plan for failing to identify biodiversity as a priority.
But the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution.
New EU data shows the importance of the planned correction of the 'utility factor' for plug-in hybrids.
T&E’s response to the European Commission consultation on the European Climate Law amendment