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EU Water Resilience Strategy should mean cleaner and more affordable water for consumers

The European Commission today presented its Water Resilience Strategy, the aim of which is environmental protection, competitiveness and to secure...

Chemicals Food safety
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Coca-Cola promises to tackle greenwashing following BEUC complaint

The European Commission announced today that Coca-Cola has agreed to change some of its labelling practices, following a complaint for greenwashing...

Unfair commercial practices Enforcement
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How do European consumers experience the Single Market? Consumer Scoreboard 2025

Every two years, the EU Commission analyses consumer experience and behaviour in the Single Market. The latest edition – the 2025 Consumer Conditions...

Consumer policy Online platforms
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Good steps in EU automotive plan undermined by diluting of CO2 targets

Today, the European Commission published its action plan for the automotive sector. The plan contains some good initiatives to ease consumer access to...

Sustainable mobility
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Watering down of car CO2 targets will make electric cars more expensive and less accessible for consumers

Today, the European Commission buckled in the face of strong industry lobbying to water down 2025 CO2 targets, which will mean that electric cars will...

Sustainable mobility
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EU Ecolabel
European Green Deal
Sustainable mobility
EU Member States risk turning Dieselgate reforms into paper tiger
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EU Member States risk turning Dieselgate reforms into paper tiger
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Sustainable mobility
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EU Member States today agreed on their approach to reform the system for approving cars before they can go on sale and checking them when in use. Their position includes some encouraging proposals but falls short when it comes to preventing a future Dieselgate – something both the Parliament and Commission had pushed for.
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Juncker Commission interim balance - Consumer performance check
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Juncker Commission interim balance - Consumer performance check
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Consumers are increasingly willing to buy sustainable products, especially energy-efficient ones, in order to minimise their impact on the environment. All too often though, confusing information and a great variety of industry claims make this difficult. What makes it even more complicated is the lack of enough sustainable products in EU shops and that they are barely identifiable.

  • Improve the sustainability of products by reducing their impact on the environment
  • Give consumers the possibility to make informed and sustainable choices between different products using independent and verified labels (such as the Ecolabel). Unsustainable products to be taken off the market
  • Reduce the carbon footprint of transport in Europe while ensuring consumers benefit from improved information and cost reductions