Suspecting that Volkswagen may have broken EU consumer protection law with the defeat devices in diesel engines, the European Commission has encouraged the relevant national authorities to act in the interest of consumers and consumers to seek reparation through the courts.
This was the message from Vera Jourova, European Justice and Consumers Commissioner, speaking in Brussels on Monday 5 September on the sidelines of a press conference on the consumers markets scoreboard 2016.
“It would...