In a letter addressed to all member state transport ministers on Monday 17 July, of which EUROPE has been able to obtain a copy, the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Industry, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, expresses her concern about impact that local level bans on diesel cars could have on the automobile sector, consumers and, more generally, on the transport decarbonisation process.
In her letter, the Commissioner explains, “while I am convinced that we should rapidly head for...