An unprecedented step has been taken at the European Parliament. MEPs at the internal market and consumer protection committee (IMCO) have called on the European Commission to take measures to reduce built-in obsolescence in products and software. This appeal was made in an own initiative report almost unanimously adopted, except for one vote (34 votes in favour, with one abstention) on Tuesday 30 May.
On this occasion, the rapporteur for the text, Pascal Durand (Greens, France) stated that...