Beware Europe’s automotive-political complex

The VW emissions scandal of the autumn of 2015 dredges up uncomfortable questions about German influence in Brussels.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: VW software scandal: Chief apologises for breaking public trust http://www.europeansources.info/record/vw-software-scandal-chief-apologises-for-breaking-public-trust/

ESO: Background information: European Commission statement on air pollutant car emissions http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-european-commission-statement-on-air-pollutant-car-emissions/

ESO: Background information: We keep choosing cars over clean air – that’s the real scandal http://www.europeansources.info/record/we-keep-choosing-cars-over-clean-air-thats-the-real-scandal/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 09.10.15: Rolling back corporate capture will take more than EU lobby transparency https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/olivier-hoedeman/rolling-back-corporate-capture-will-take-more-than-eu-lobby-tran

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