Every day, Axel de Tarlé takes stock of the economy.
The European Union accuses BMW, Daimler and VolksWagen of agreement on polluting emissions.
Once again, German manufacturers are in the hot seat.
This time, they are accused of having agreed not to progress in ecological matters.
The goal of these secret meetings for eight years (from 2006 to 2014) was that no one brings to the market spectacular innovations in the reduction of fine particles or capture of nitrogen oxide. destabilize the market.
The European Commissioner for Competition (Margarethe Vestager), who investigates the case, has words rather hard "European rules allow companies to cooperate to improve the quality of their products, but not the opposite!". It must be understood that there can be no cooperation to stay bad.
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What are the risks of these three car manufacturers?
They risk a fine that can go up to 10% of turnover, so we speak in billions of euros.
It will nevertheless be a fine for Daimler, because it is the one who revealed the pot rose.
Whoever denounces his little comrades is rewarded and can even hope to escape the fine.
Daimler had just been caught on a deal on truck prices.
All this (between Volkwswagen's cheating, price and technology deals) gives credence to the idea of a cartel in the automobile world, which is engaged in cartels. So this is a kind of lobby.
Hence the very strong reaction today from European authorities who have the impression of being rolled in flour for years.
The European Parliament has imposed on European manufacturers C02 emission reductions of 37% by 2030, without being able to cheat! "The standards are very hard, too hard," say the builders.
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