SECTORAL POLICIES / Industry

Committee of inquiry into Volkswagen scandal takes member states and European Commission to task

Brussels, 19/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 19 December, almost a year after it was set up, the European Parliament’s committee of inquiry into the Volkswagen scandal (EMIS committee) published its provisional report. In it, the Parliament draws up its initial conclusions on many of the failings of the member states and European Commission.

Co-rapporteur, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, Netherlands), stated: "Dieselgate would not have happened if our national governments and the European Commission had acted in line with...