Crazy Eurologic

Journalist Blaž Mazi points out in the online edition of the Slovenian daily Dnevnik that while the EU is striving to reduce CO2 emissions, heavy-vehicle traffic across Europe is growing and leaving its mark: "Perhaps the lobbyists for the transport and oil companies, who know exactly how to butter up Eurocrats with expensive meals, have something to do with this. Perhaps all the politicians' talk on the subject of the environment is just a welcome opportunity for self-advertising. ... Brussels would make those member states that dare to restrict the number of lorries on their roads pay dearly for their efforts. Do you also find this Eurologic confusing? Yet there is no contradiction here - it is a logical and carefully thought-out decision which Europe's leadership explains as follows: If we ban restrictions on lorry circulation in all countries we can point our fingers at others whenever we want to! No one will be to blame; after all, we will all have made the decision together."

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