The European Parliament voted on Thursday 11 May in Strasbourg to strengthen the rights of consumers to be properly informed at the time of purchase about the real repairability and durability of products and to be better protected against ‘greenwashing’ and early obsolescence of products by companies.
By 544 votes to 28, with 17 abstentions, it endorsed the report by Biljana Borzan (S&D, Croatian) on the Commission proposal to revise directives 2005/29/EC on ‘Consumer Rights’ and...