Elzbieta Bienkowska loves cars, and loves driving.
Growing up in Poland, her father was a car engineer, so she was "brought up among cars".
For the past two years - as EU commissioner for the internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs - she has had to deal with the Dieselgate emissions scandal "almost on a daily basis".
Bienkowska now often finds herself on opposite sides to the car industry.
The diesel engine has received two years of negative press because ...
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