Luxembourg — Volkswagen (VW) is facing renewed pressure to repair the damage caused by its diesel-emissions scandal, with the EU calling on the car maker to start compensating affected consumers and show clear proof that vehicles will be fixed within the coming year. VW "should clearly identify what will be offered to consumers and this in a similar manner" across the 28-country bloc, EU consumer affairs commissioner Vera Jourova told the company on Friday in a letter seen by Bloomberg, a month after VW released an action plan with a proposal to give consumers more information about car repairs. "As the diesel-emission issue is the result of a behaviour that appears not to conform to several provisions" of EU rules on unfair commercial practices, "the plan should offer to consumers supplementary advantages going significantly beyond what is usually offered to consumers when they are called to bring their cars back to workshops due to unintended or unforeseen technical problems," Jou...
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