The Commission president José Manuel Barroso says he will introduce legislative proposals next year to improve infrastructure for low-carbon vehicles.
[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]The announcement came in a letter to MEPs in which he promised a programme of ‘hard work and delivery to promote growth and reforms’. The Commission is currently consulting on several measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector over the next 40 years.
Barroso’s letter at https://goo.gl/pbVYj
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