The European Union's top court has all but confirmed that so-called defeat devices, used to trick emissions tests in cars, are contrary to EU law. The development comes in a legal opinion in a case against Volkswagen and Porsche on Thursday from Advocate General Athanasios Rantos, who said that" the software at issue reduces the effectiveness of the emission control system in normal vehicle operation and use, with the result that it constitutes a ‘defeat device.'" It is the latest battle in the

The EU has clashed with the UK in recent weeks over the Brexit withdrawal agreement as Brussels and London dispute the Northern Ireland Protocol.... The European Commission has offered up two sets of proposals – one on medicine and one on food – hoping to end the dispute with the UK.... And now Brussels has even paused its legal action against the UK for alleged breaches of the Protocol. The EU has already said it will not renegotiate the Protocol but will" consider any proposals that respect