BRUSSELS MAY HAVE OVERREACHED ITSELF IN PLAN TO PHASE OUT COMBUSTION ENGINES
March 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TRANSPORT has always been a key policy area for the European Union (EU), given its cross-border nature is somewhat self-evident - and fleets have long grappled with EU rules on car safety, licences, transfer of ownership, insurance and other matters. And with the EU increasingly becoming involved with continent's environment, combatting climate change while reducing pollution, it has become increasingly interventionist. Last week's release of a white paper on a 'road map to a single European transport area' is a case in point. Because its author ...
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