Today we're publishing a leak from the European car lobby group ACEA
that provides a rare glimpse into the lobbying strategies of the car
industry in Brussels. This document clearly shows the conflict of
interest involved in letting car manufacturers into the heart of EU
decision-making on the regulation of the industry. It also reveals how a
secretive weekend meeting between ACEA and the European Commission
guided the car industry's strategy on emissions tests rules and how the
sector used member states to block proposals it didn't like:
