The current director general of DG Climate Action (DG CLIMA) at the European Commission, Jos Delbeke, has vehemently criticised member states’ tax systems for causing the predominance in Europe of diesel vehicles. He was speaking on Tuesday 8 November at a meeting of the European Parliament’s EMIS committee, which is investigating the Volkswagen scandal.
Questioned by Krišjānis Kariņš (EPP, Latvia) about"technological neutrality" for emissions in EU legislation, the senior...