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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...

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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...

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BEUC urges EU member states not to delay the adoption of clean car targets any further
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Due to pressure from Germany, EU member states are delaying the signing off of a new EU law which would eliminate CO2 emissions from new cars by 2035. The request by national politicians to introduce a loophole for cars running on synthetic ‘e-fuels’ in the law runs against the interest of drivers, as it will be much more costly than going electric.
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Disappointing EU plan to cut car air pollutant emissions will confuse consumers
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While electric cars are increasingly popular, petrol and diesel cars will be produced and sold well into the 2030s and driven into the 2040s. Plans unveiled by the European Commission to lower air pollutants from cars do not sufficiently address the emissions caused by new fossil fuel vehicles hitting Europe’s roads in the years to come.
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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