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One in three consumers using websites to book an airline ticket is still "confused" and being "misled and sometimes ripped off," lamented EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, threatening legal action if they fail to clean up their act.
The EU is behind schedule and lacks the necessary budget to complete the 30 infrastructure projects it has highlighted as essential to connecting the territories of the EU's 27 members and meeting the bloc's ambitious climate targets, according to a new report.
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In a bid to reduce its dependency on imported oil and tackle global warming, EU leaders have committed to raising the share of biofuels in transport to 10% by 2020, but concerns are growing that increased biofuel production could in fact lead to mass deforestation and food shortages. (read more)
With automobile manufacturers expected to miss their 2008 voluntary commitment to reduce CO2 emissions, the Commission has proposed introducing new binding legislation. (read more)
The Galileo satellite navigation system is the European civil alternative to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS, both funded and controlled by military authorities. (read more)
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