Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.

My Commission colleagues were right as far back as 1989.

If only they had been listened to!

@ec.europa.eu

...campaign of resistance, which led to the watering-down of the limits at every stage.

I then watched on as Toyota became the global leader for hybrids, followed by a succession of non-European breakthroughs as we move towards all-electric, with China apparently about to wipe the board.

...industry. To my surprise, the Industry DG supported tighter emission limits. Its argument was that, given a little time, the European industry was innovative enough to meet these limits and remain globally competitive.

The Industry - particularly the German manufacturers - mounted a massive...

In 1989 I had a chance of a temporary secondment to the European Commission. and found myself in DG III, the Industry and Internal Market department.

The Environment DG launched a campaign for tighter vehicle emissions, and I expected that the Industry DG would object on behalf of the car

Well, at least this year's commercial "Advent calendars" are nearly accurate.

Why don't they all just gang up on her? If she gives a bullshit answer, the next questioner should just skip the question they planned to ask and pin her down with a follow-up to the question she just dodged? And the next.

Make her life hell. She deserves no pity, she is serving a lawless despot.

Since Republicans hate DEI so much, can they at least get rid of Clarence Thomas?

Well spotted!