MEPs vote against car industry

In a surprise move the European Parliament's Environment Committee has overruled a proposal for a compromise in favour of the car industry. For the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung the decision, which was made jointly by Liberals, Greens, left-wing parties as well as a few Conservatives and Socialists, shows that EU politicians are guided by their consciences in this matter: "The putsch in the Parliament is more than another of those Brussels farces. The voting results show that members of the European Parliament do indeed take more liberties than MPs elsewhere. It also shows that a few of them have the courage to vote for real change. If by the end of the year carmakers are obliged to make more environmentally friendly cars for the first time ever, this will be above all thanks to the unpredictable diversity of the parliament in Brussels."

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