Business 

Do manufacturers lack drive for greener cars?

A UK expert on greener vehicles has no sympathy for foot-dragging carmakers.

Spain facing court over Endesa case

European Commission threatening to take Madrid to the European Court of Justice.

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Letters 

How to create a future for biofuels

Liquid biofuels – ethanol and ‘biodiesel' – have captured the worldwide and European fascination as renewable energy for the transport sector, but the tide seems to be turning now that people are realising the inherent challenges of leaping into a liquid biofuels policy in the absence of adequate consideration of the down-stream results.

NGOs need to come clean over funding, too

An NGO is only ‘non-governmental' if it is independent of government funding and influence – and transparency is only as good as how the information [...]

Profiles 

The formula for independence

The first head of the EU chemicals agency is under pressure to prove his independence.

Contradictions and principles

An all-action PR nightmare.

First-rate first lady

With the possible exception of her husband, the island's former president, there are few in Cyprus as knowledgeable about the workings of Brussels as Androulla Vassiliou.

Transport 

US, EU begin fresh ‘open skies' talks

Second phase of liberalisation talks focuses on mergers and aligning rules governing the US and EU aviation markets.

Commission calls a halt to noisy tyres

Tyre firms say targets are 'technically unfeasible"; proposal will also cover braking systems.

Satellites of (institutional) change

Galileo's new-found status as an EU-funded project has brought changes to the institutional structures charged with its oversight.