At the request of seven Member States (see EUROPE B13533A20), European industry ministers discussed ways of helping the automotive sector during the EU ‘Competitiveness’ Council on Thursday 28 November. Many agreed on this point and asked the European Commission to intervene.
During the public debate, the ministers from seven countries - Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia - defended their joint proposal for a ‘Renewed Automotive Policy’, in...