Consumers, MEPs want better redress after dieselgate

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and 38 MEPs wrote a letter to European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker on Wednesday (11 October), asking for binding legislation on collective redress to protect European consumers. \n \nThe measure would provide consumers "with a tool to claim the right to get compensation when a company's actions lead to a mass damage," said Monique Goyens, BEUC's director general.\n \nThe issue emerged in the aftermath of the dieselgate scandal, when Germa...