Press releases

Today patients and health budgets may sometimes be paying through the roof for expensive medicinal treatments that are not necessarily efficient. The position adopted today by the European Parliament, to pool efforts by Member States in testing how efficient medicines are, could change that.

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) regrets the outcome of today’s plenary vote. If the plans voted today become EU law, the benefits of the internet for consumers will be at risk.

Today, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted for car CO2 emission targets that will spur major fuel savings for consumers and help roll out clean cars. If confirmed by Parliament’s plenary and EU Member States, this is a huge boost for greener and cheaper driving.

The European Commission today fined Google (Alphabet Inc.) for breaking EU competition law in abusing its dominance in the market of mobile operating systems. Google’s Android is by far the most popular operating system among phone and tablets manufacturers, with a market share of more than 80% in Europe.