Former EU Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen walked a tricky tightrope before MEPs on Tuesday 30 August at his hearing by the EMIS committee investigating the Volkswagen scandal.
After starting by hammering home that the EU legislation adopted during his term of office (Regulation 715/2007 on the euro 5 and 6 standards) was perfectly clear when it comes to invalidation mechanisms, the Commissioner admitted under attack from the MEPs that he had made a mistake and the legislation was not...