The European Union struck a provisional deal yesterday (15 December) to improve the fuel efficiency of vans and curb emissions blamed for climate change.

It's a bold call, maybe even outlandish – the end of new gasoline cars by 2020. But if you listen to Shai Agassi, founder and chief executive of Better Place, an Israeli company providing infrastructure for electric cars, you might want to believe it. 

The European Union plans to boost security measures for air cargo arriving from outside the bloc because of concerns about parcel bombs, EU officials said on Thursday (2 December).

European Union drivers who commit major traffic offences abroad will be punished in their home country upon return under a law approved by the EU's transport ministers yesterday (2 December).

Bus and coach passengers in Europe will enjoy more rights including compensation for delays or damaged luggage after representatives of the European Parliament and EU member states hammered out an agreement on Tuesday night (30 November). 

To maintain world leadership, the EU aeronautics industry must not rest on its laurels, but rather seek to increase funding in research and development and team up with universities to produce the high-skilled workers needed to face up to global competition.