European Commission gave car lobby inside data on emissions
The document — a powerpoint prepared by the industry for its members and published by Corporate Europe Observatory — shows “an informal meeting took place in which highly sensitive information was shared between two men heavily involved in the process, one in charge of co-ordinating the industry’s lobbying strategy, one from the governmental body charged with regulating said industry”.
New tests were to be introduced in 2017 but the car industry and its representative lobby body in Brussels, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) considered the proposed tests and limits to be too stringent.
