European Union Industry Commissioner said she has been pushing Volkswagen to consider voluntarily compensating its customers but there has been no encouraging response from the carmaker. The European Commission has found that Volkswagen broke consumer laws in 20 European Union countries by cheating on emissions tests, German daily Die Welt reported, citing Commission sources. To ensure consumers are treated fairly, a Commission spokeswoman said, Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova had written to consumer associations across the EU to collect information. Jourova has been working with consumer groups to pressure Volkswagen to compensate clients in Europe as it has in the United States over the diesel emissions scandal. "But it already appears that Volkswagen clearly breached European consumer laws in most member states.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 05:26 UTC