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Netherlands to reintroduce flight tax
Luc Joris Posted On December 10, 2018


On airline tickets from airports in the Netherlands, travellers will have to pay approximately 7 euro tax from 2021 onward. The Rutte III government has announced this Friday afternoon. The measure does not apply to transfer passengers, passengers  only changing […]


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Trump invites German car makers to produce more in US
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 5, 2018


On Tuesday, President Donald Trump has welcomed the top executives of German car makers Daimler, VW and BMW at the White House for a brief meeting in which he invited them to produce more in the US itself to avoid […]


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EU ministers: painful compromise in road transport reform
Joris Van Roy Posted On December 4, 2018


After painful discussions that went on deep into the night on Monday, the Transport Ministers of the EU member states have reached a compromise in the reform of road transport and to tackle social dumping. Eight member states rejected in […]


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Brussels: biggest ‘march for climate’ ever
Félix Bouland Posted On December 3, 2018


On Sunday, around 75.000 people marched in the streets of Brussels asking the government a more ambitious climate politics agenda. Just as the COP24 climate conference with 195 countries opens in Katowice (Poland), protestors hope that Belgium will show better […]


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Johan van Zyl, CEO Toyota Europe: ‘We are very happy in Belgium’
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 29, 2018


Belgium is very important for Toyota and it employs 4.400 people here. We had a talk with the European boss, Johan van Zyl, about the European market at TMC’s European headquarters in Brussels. Van Zyl is a 60-year-old South-African who […]


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Trump threats make car sector nervous
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 29, 2018


Several sources in Europe have announced that US President Trump will install much higher income taxes after the G20 summit. Share prices of practically every company in the automotive sector were immediately under pressure. The German business magazine, Wirtschaftswoche, announced […]


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‘EU has to be carbon-neutral by 2050’
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 28, 2018


“By 2050, Europe has to be 100% carbon-neutral”, meaning emitting no greenhouse gases at all or catching and storing what’s left, the EU Commission states in its ‘Clean Planet for All’ document, published on Wednesday. The plan of Commissioner for […]


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Relocation is tempting for German car industry after Brexit
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 27, 2018


The German industry is proud to stand united in their defense of the European Union which prevails over possible exports to the UK, how important they may be. That’s the message the federation of the German Industry (BDI) has given: […]


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No Lynk & Co assembly for Volvo Ghent
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 22, 2018


Swedish headquarters of Volvo have declared that the new to launch products of Chinese sister brand, Lynk & Co, will not be produced in the Volvo Ghent factory as was earlier announced. It is not entirely clear if this decision […]


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Belgian transport sector to increase prices
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 21, 2018


According to a survey by Transport Market Monitor among thousand European transport companies, last year prices of transport services increased with an average of 5,17%. Two thirds of the interviewed transporters even expects a rise in prices with 1 to […]


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EU Parliament strengthens train passenger’ rights
Luc Joris Posted On November 16, 2018


The European Parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a strong reinforcement of the rights of rail transport users. In the future passengers will get a better compensation in the event of train delays or cancellations and there must always […]


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German economy falters because of car industry problems
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 15, 2018


For the first time in five years, the German economy recedes with 0,2% in the third quarter of 2018. This is mainly due to a decline in export, says Destatis, Germany’s statistics bureau. Especially the car industry noted a clear […]


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New EU limits to regulate transport truck CO2 emissions
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 14, 2018


For the first time the European Union will also set limits for the emissions of truck transport. The truck manufacturers have lobbied extremely hard to reduce the ambitious goals, but they got strong headwind from the Parliament as well as […]


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Germany willing to cough up one billion for EU battery plant
Joris Van Roy Posted On November 14, 2018


The German government is willing to cough up one billion euro support for a European battery production initiative to be announced beginning of 2019. That was confirmed on Tuesday by German Economy and Energy Minister, Peter Altmaier (CDU), in a […]


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Belgium refuses Arriva train connecting three countries
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 12, 2018


Five years after the problems with the Fyra trains, a new clash between Belgium and the Netherlands seems to be imminent. British-German railway company, Arriva, wants to launch a new international train connection between Aachen, Maastricht and Liège, while the […]


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Is Europe ready to fight the battery battle?
Tony Verhelle Posted On November 6, 2018


Finally the European entrepreneurs are reacting to the avalanche of battery manufacturers coming from China, South-Korea and the US. Is their reaction too little too late? Between now and 2025, some 400 new electric models (EV) are announced and the […]


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Dutch court starts class action case against Volkswagen
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On November 6, 2018


The Amsterdam court is kicking of the dragging class action case against Volkswagen on Tuesday, claiming compensation for the emissions-cheating software, the so-called dieselgate scandal. If the Dutch judge grants this claim, this could cost the German Volkswagen Group, Bosch […]


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Europe: ‘Belgium will not meet 2020 and 2030 climate targets’
Félix Bouland Posted On November 6, 2018


According to a report from the European Commission, Belgium is one of the five countries that will not manage to meet the 2020 and 2030 emission reduction targets from the 2015 Paris Climate Summit (COP21). The 28 members signed an […]


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‘CO2 tax could solve the climate problem’
Luc Joris Posted On October 31, 2018


Today, a proposal for tax on all CO2 emissions is presented in the Dutch Parliament’s Lower House. It is a kind of VAT on greenhouse gas. Climate decaying products, such as coal power will become more expensive, climate friendly products, […]


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European ‘green deal’ for new mobility
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 30, 2018


The European Ministers have agreed that cities have to become places where moving on foot, or using a bicycle or public transport is the most evident, comfortable, affordable and safe choice. It’s the first time the European leaders come with […]


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Antwerp among world’s 50 biggest air pollution hot spots
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 29, 2018


Belgium, and especially Antwerp, is one of the areas most polluted by nitrogen dioxide in the world, as is shown by a new interactive world map based on the measurements of the latest satellite images. The information will be discussed […]


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EU ‘rather sticky’ for giant Alstom-Siemens merger
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 26, 2018


A European train manufacturing giant with 65.000 employees in 60 countries, “three times bigger than its direct competitors”, will it happen in 2019? The European Commission is rather sticky when it comes to the merger of German Siemens with French […]


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‘20% of Dutch North Sea to transform into wind farm’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 26, 2018


The North Sea is at the eve of some drastic economical and ecological transformations that will require several tens of billions of euros but environmental organizations, the fishing sector, the wind farm sector and the oil and gas industry are […]


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‘EU prefers wifi above 5G for future connected car’
Joris Van Roy Posted On October 24, 2018


According to the Reuters press agency, the European Commission is going to approve a set of rules favouring ITS-G5 wifi above cellular phone 5G technology for communication with the connected car of the future. That would be a victory for […]


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Eurostar to add extra train between Amsterdam and London
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 23, 2018


Eurostar, the super fast train, connecting Amsterdam, Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and London (United Kingdom) twice a day, is growing so popular that a third train will be added as from next year. Later on Eurostar wants to do expand this […]


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Belgian e-bike start-up Cowboy gets 10 million euro investment
Félix Bouland Posted On October 23, 2018


After selling more than 1.000 electric bicycles in four months, Belgian start-up, Cowboy, gets a 10 million dollar investment from its third fundraising led by New York fund Tiger Global Management. Their objective: multiply production by five and enter the […]


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Japanese manufacturers warn for hard brexit
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 22, 2018


The chairman of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturing Association (JAMA), Akio Toyoda, has urged the United Kingdom and the European Union to avoid “at all cost” a hard brexit with no trade deal whatsoever. In a reaction to the negotiations between […]


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European car manufacturer shares under pressure
Tony Verhelle Posted On October 22, 2018


No other European sector performed as bad as the European car industry this year. Shares went down 21% already and some manufacturers emit new (revised) profit warnings, like Michelin, Daimler and Volvo Trucks. It was tyre manufacturer, Michelin, which started […]


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EU puts diesel emissions on harmful substance list
Félix Bouland Posted On October 12, 2018


The European Parliament and the State members have revised the 2004 guidelines on workers protection against harmful substances. They have added eight new chemicals, including diesel emissions. The exposure limit has been fixed to 0,05 mg/m3. Back in 2004, the […]


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Russians choose Liège Airport as EU cargo hub
Félix Bouland Posted On October 11, 2018


Russian cargo airline, AirBridgeCargo, has chosen Liège Airport as its European hub with thirty flights per day and 400 new jobs in 2019. That new contract will push Belgium’s first freight airport into the top five of Europe by 2020. […]


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France: fifteen districts to create Low Emission Zones
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 9, 2018


On Monday, fifteen districts in France have decided to create or reinforce Low Emission Zones, after the Council of State had summoned the government to take measures against air pollution. Those engagements were announced in July and fit in the […]


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Automotive sector divided on ‘EU battery alliance’
Félix Bouland Posted On October 5, 2018


The European Commission is pushing car manufacturers and OEMs to reflect on the creation of a big European battery alliance – like Airbus in aviation –  to counter Asia’s lead. But the automotive sector is divided. PSA and Renault are […]


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Ryanair to make refund claims after strikes difficult
Félix Bouland Posted On October 4, 2018


Ireland-based airline, Ryanair, has changed its terms and conditions to make flight cancellation claims and refund more difficult after numerous strikes all around Europe. The airline now imposes to go through Irish courts. Consumer associations claim this practice to be […]


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BMW CEO: ‘some Chinese car makers will make it in EU, other will disappear’
Félix Bouland Posted On October 4, 2018


Chinese car makers aim at conquering the European market with Thunder Power taking home in Charleroi (Belgium) and GAC Motors presenting its latest offering at the Paris Motor Show. According to BMW’s CEO, Harald Krüger, the Chinese may have a […]


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Transport sector massively recruiting truck drivers from outside EU
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On October 4, 2018


Last year the transport sector has massively recruited drivers from countries outside the European Union, as was revealed by a study from Investigate Europe and Knack Magazine. “Apparently, even Polish truck drivers have become too expensive”, concludes Frank Moreels, president […]


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