[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A German proposal circulated on the fringes of the EU Competitiveness Council on 27 September calls for phasing-in the EU’s 95 grams of CO2 per km (g/km) fuel efficiency standard for passenger cars over a four-year period ending in 2024. The proposal, which has been confirmed...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] EU nations will be left far behind the US unless they address high energy costs that are worsening the continent's industrial decline, the European Commission said on Wednesday (25 September). To tackle the issue the Commission, the EU executive, is preparing a policy document later this...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After a first testing session in July, negotiators are expected on 7-11 October to delve into complicated dossiers to pave the way towards a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) which could over time boost EU GDP by 0.5% annually and help create approximately 400,000. The...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Through a public consultation, the European Commission wishes to collect stakeholders’ views on the most effective support measures for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to become more resource efficient and sell internationally green products and which actors are best placed to help SMEs in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Commission has proposed yesterday adjustments to its proposal for the 2014 EU budget. The changes mainly reflect the political agreement reached on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 between the leaders of the European Parliament, Council and Commission on 27-28 June. Reflecting the need to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The European Commission would like to see the EU equipped with eight million recharging stations for electric vehicles by 2020. Carlo Fidanza (EPP, Italy), rapporteur on the issue, does not challenge this objective. “At this stage,” he told the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport (TRAN),...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over 2000 European towns and cities are expected to participate in the 12th edition of European Mobility Week, which begins today. This year the week runs until 22 September under the slogan ‘Clean air – It’s your move!’. The campaign raises awareness about the impact...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="8883" border_color="grey" img_link_large="" img_link_target="_self" qode_css_animation="" img_size="large"][vc_empty_space height="20px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] On 11 September Europe saw the future of mobility at the Valkenburg airstrip in the Netherlands. With the vision of "intelligent mobility for Smart Cities", the iMobility Challenge event aimed to demonstrate how European cities can be provided...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]MEPs believe that the idea of setting emissions standards for aircraft and ships – similar to the ones that already exist for cars – “should be explored”. This was one of the options they put forward in a resolution, adopted on 10 September, in the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The subject of gigaliners, the giant trucks about which so much has been written in recent months (for or against their crossborder circulation) still sparks impassioned debate, as seen once again in the European Parliament, on 5 September. In the Committee on Transport (TRAN), on 5...