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Why has the EU let German car manufacturers off the hook?

9 July 2021

12:40 AM

9 July 2021

12:40 AM

Two billion? Five billion? Perhaps ten billion to make it a nice round number? For colluding on diesel emissions you might think the European Union would hand out a pretty stiff fine to the big German auto-manufacturers. After all, it has hit American tech giants with huge penalties for far lesser transgressions.

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