[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Scandinavian automotive supplier association, FKG is hailing this week's breakthrough talks concerning Iranian sanctions in Vienna as "great for Europe." Iran has been on its knees economically for years as decades of Western suspicion surrounding its supposed nuclear weapons programme have translated into harsh penalties severely...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As air pollution is responsible for around 400,000 premature deaths in the EU yearly, Environment MEPs on Wednesday tightened up Commission plans and called for more ambitious national caps on emissions of six main pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide, particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] July plenary session [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][custom_font font_size="16" line_height="26" font_style="normal" text_align="left" font_weight="300" text_decoration="none" text_shadow="no" padding="0" margin="0" color="#adadad"] The Greece debt crisis took centre stage during July's plenary session, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came to Strasbourg to discuss the search for solutions. MEPs also adopted their recommendations...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ZF TRW says it remains convinced CO2 emissions reduction is on an irreversible downward path as regulators flex ever stronger muscles when it comes to pollution. The European Commission has set the ambitious target of 95g of CO2 emissions per 100km by 2021 - although some suppliers...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PARIS -- Autonomous driving will become Valeo's main growth driver by 2020, says Guillaume Devauchelle, who is head of innovation at the French supplier. Valeo expects to combine its expertise in sensors, radar and other technologies to play an integral role in automakers' development of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]New-car registrations in Germany jumped 13 percent in June, helped by two extra sales days and a growing economy. The surge in June registrations mirrors strong gains in France, Italy and Spain, suggesting the region is maintaining its steady recovery despite worries about a Greek exit...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Key facts and figures about the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union Luxembourg will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the twelfth time in the second semester of 2015. The Luxembourg Presidency will hold 237 meetings between July and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the EU-China summit opens in Brussels today, new research points to a “delivery gap” on clean energy, which is making the EU level less relevant to Beijing than individual member states, or the US. China’s clean energy reforms “have exceeded all expectations” in recent years,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today Transport Ministers from 12 European Member States, CEOs and over 1000 transport stakeholders joined the high-level transport conference 'TEN-T Days' in Riga, organised by the European Commission, in cooperation with the Latvian Presidency. The trans-European networks (TEN-T), which are at the core of the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Germany, the meeting of the G7 heads of state and goverment continues. The agenda includes: discussion on climate change and energy issues, talks with the heads of state and goverment of African nations and representatives of international organizations, (provisionally scheduled) Chancellor Angela Merkel will invite...