Former industry commissioner Antonio Tajani, appearing on Monday 5 September before the European Parliament’s committee of inquiry (EMIS) into the Volkswagen scandal, did not, even for an instant, call into question his role and vigorously defended his record.
“To sum up: I never received any evidence or information about defeat devices being used by car manufacturers to cheat on emissions”, he stated from the start. He pointed out that he had, “without delay”, put into effect the...