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What percentage of new cars sold in Europe in 2022 were electric?

by u/euronews-english

Electric cars have been soaring in popularity in Europe in recent years 🚘

They aren’t the answer to the climate crisis. But they’re a significant part of the energy transition towards zero emissions.

In 2022, the number of these fully electric passenger cars in EU countries increased by 58% compared to 2021 - from 1.9 million to 3.1 million. Between 2019 and 2022 they soared by more than 400%.

More significantly, the share of electric vehicles among the total number of cars rose to 76 per 10,000 in the EU in 2021, up from only 2 per 10,000 in 2013. All these figures show a timely sea change in the automotive sector in Europe.

Map source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association

More details here: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/05/08/norway-germany-uk-which-european-countries-have-the-biggest-share-of-electric-cars

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Private Sector Good, Public Sector Bad?

The reigning ideological economic theory within the Conservative Party is, and has been ever since Margaret Thatcher came to power, that “markets know best”

This was made abundantly clear when Kwasi Kwateng, the Chancellor of Liz Truss’s short-lived government, dismissed anything resembling a “planned economy”. Rather, growth and economic success depended on:

“…the power of our treasured free-market economy to leverage private capital and unleash Britain’s unique entrepreneurial spirit to grow new industries." (The Conversation: 13/04/22)

The key words here are “to leverage private capital”. What this means in ordinary speech is to encourage private investors to participate financially in “projects that benefit the economy, society or the environment”.  This has resulted in private investors running (and in many cases, owning) most of our public utilities and services. But rather than “benefit the economy, society and environment" these private investors have devastated it.

Over the next few blogs I intend to look at various British/English public utilities and services and to see how they have fared under the private sector.  First up are the railways.

Britain’s railways are organised within a mishmash of private and public ownership, and has been described as “broken" and no longer fit for purpose.

“The UK's train network is not only one of the worst in Europe, it is also one of the most expensive.” (euronews: 20/05/21

This is no surprise given its complex and chaotic structure.   The railway tracks and rail network are owned and operated by Network Rail, which is a “non-departmental public body of the Department for Transport, (DFT) with no shareholders"

 Non-departmental public bodies are a strange entity. They are national or regional bodies that work independently of government, are not staffed by civil servants, and yet are still accountable to government ministers. It is the Secretary of State for Transport who sets the strategic direction of the railways, allocating funding, and it is the secretary of state  who has to approve major investments in the railway system.

The companies that operate the trains are privately owned and are either awarded franchises from the DFT, or they are “open access” operators that provide passenger services on a particular route or network, but with no exclusive rights enjoyed by franchise holders.

To complicate matters further, the actual trains, passenger carriages and railway wagons, known collectively as “rolling stock”, are owned by the rolling stock leasing companies” (ROSCOs) who lease out their stock to the privately owned rail operating companies.

Freight train operators are totally separate from passenger trains, have no contracts with government but do need permission from Network Rail to run their services.

For year 2022/23 the railways received £11.9bn of government funding and Network Rail has secured £27.5 bn of government funding over the next five years. In short, we the taxpayer invest heavily in our rail network which the private passenger, rolling stock and freight companies use to make a profit.

A 2019 report by the TUC found that:

“Rail firms have paid over £1bn to shareholders in the last 6 years.” (TUC: 02/01/2019)

In 2022 Avanti West Coast received a taxpayer subsidy of £343m, despite having the worst punctuality record amongst train operators and paying out £12m to its shareholders. Avanti West Coast is owned by First Group, who also own Great Western Railway and South Western Railway. Great Western paid out the largest dividend in 2021/22, £33m, while South Western paid out  £13m. 

More recently:

“UK rail operator Govia awards $79m in dividends amid UK rail dissatisfaction.” (Railway Technology: 08/01/24)

Govia is largely foreign owned, the three largest shareholder companies being Australian, Spanish and French. In 2022 it was fined £23m “over financial irregularities" having failed to return £25m in taxpayer funding. Why on earth any government would want to go on subsidising such a company is beyond understanding, especially as the Transport Minister at the time said the company had:

“…committed an appalling breach of trust...behaviour was simply unacceptable and this penalty sends a clear message that the government, and taxpayers, will not stand for it." (BBC News: 17/03/22)

Clearly the minister (Grant Shapps) didn’t mean what he said as Govia is still operating trains two years later and still courting controversy

Turning to the train-leasing companies, we find:

“Profits of UK’s private train-leasing firms treble in a year. More than £400m paid in dividends in 2022-23 while rest of railway faced cuts and salary freezes.” (Guardian: 18/02/24)

These companies saw their profit margins rise to 41%, a profit that we as taxpayers and passengers pay for. It is estimated that "taxpayers are now effectively paying the £3.1bn spent last year on leasing trains.” To actually run a passenger rail service yet not own a single locomotive or passenger carriage is bazaar to say the very least.

Finding overall profit figures for freight train operators is a little more difficult but Colas Rail UK’s revenue in 2022 was £15,529m, up 17% on the previous year, an operating profit of £460m.

 Overall, taxpayer subsidies to the rail industry run at £6bn per year. However, these massive subsidies have not led to lower fares, an end to over-crowed trains, or an efficient service. According to TaxPayers Alliance 02/01/23) "rail subsidies cost taxpayers £1300 each by March 2023.” Meanwhile the private companies that operate the highly fragmented and disjointed system continue to reap profits and pay out dividends.

Maybe this would not be so bad if the British taxpayer subsidised dividend payouts went to British owned companies, but this is far from the case:

“According to the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, 70% of Britain’s railways are now under foreign ownership to some degree.” (CityA.M.: 11/01/17)

The figure of 70% foreign ownership is disputed, not least because some companies have gone bust since 2017, with five lines now being effectively run by the government as “operators of last resort.”  As the 1993 Railways Act forbids the UK state from running the railways these lines are likely to be franchised out to private firms in the future.

“…many foreign state-owned enterprises of the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Hong Kong now run rail franchises in the UK." (The Standard: 11/05/23)

While other countries have no philosophical problem with running railways for the benefit of their citizens, and clearly have no qualms about investing state money in foreign ventures, the Conservative Party is ideologically opposed to state intervention in running UK public services and is vehemently opposed to setting up a UK sovereign wealth fund.

In summary, successive Tory governments have continued to pay taxpayers money into the coffers of private enterprise regardless of how efficient, honest or effective these firms are at providing an essential public service. Clearly, where the railways are concerned, they are not run to “benefit the economy, society and environment" but for the benefit and interests of private investors, in the mistaken Tory belief that private enterprise is always better than public stewardship despite evidence to the contrary.  

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The European Commission will prolong measures giving Ukrainian refugees rights within in the EU until March 2024.

The Temporary Protection Directive, a legal instrument that was activated following the Russian invasion, allows people fleeing Ukraine to live and work within the EU.

Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs also said that it will now be extended to cover those who want to go back to the warn torn country, but fear losing their protection

"A lot of Ukrainians that have come and asked for temporary protection are now going back home, because they would like to rebuild their country, and I welcome that," Johansson said. "And they have to deregister from the temporary protection, but many of those are hesitant to do that, because they think that they might need to flee again.

"We can see this morning with bombs that are falling in Kyiv again. So that’s why we have made the decision: it’s not necessary to deregister, only to notify that you are leaving the EU and going back home. So it’s important to notify but you can keep your card."

In parallel, a new online job-search tool, called EU Talent Pool, was launched to help Ukrainians in need to work. Everyone who benefits from temporary protection can register and upload their skills and CV in order to be matched with employers’ requests and vacancies. 

According to Eurostat, 250,000 Ukrainians are officially registered as job seekers in 18 EU countries. And some of them are struggling to find employment

Euronews spoke to Karyna Kokhlova, a 23 year-old refugee in Belgium forced to flee the city of Mariupol. She arrived in April with a bachelor's degree in computer science and has been sending hundreds of job applications.

"Especially with project management positions, you need more than English. You need to speak French or Dutch, or even both at the same time," Kokhlova explained.

"And also I don't have so much experience, just one year. Some positions require five years of experience for assistant project manager positions. I have only one [year], but it is impossible to have five if you are only 22."

Participation in the EU Talent Pool project is voluntary for member states, but the Commission hopes countries will continue to help those fleeing the war by taking part.

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Iranian President orders investigation into death of woman arrested by "morality policy"

Published by Euronews (English)The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into the death of a young woman who was arrested by the country's so-called "morality police" for wearing an inappropriate headscarf. Police say 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody from a heart attack. According to the state-run IRNA news agency, President Raisi asked Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi to "investigate the cause of the incident with urgency and special attention." According to reports on social media, Amini was detained earlier this week after officers apparently found fault with her headscarf, or hijab. The heads...Read More Read the full article

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Watch “Brussels, my Love” on Euronews English this weekend

This weekend, on Euronews English, watch the show “Brussels, My Love”, where experts discussed how Europe has changed after 2 years of war in Ukraine, how the elections will impact the conflict and ho Source : www.promoteukraine.org/watch-bru…

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Ukraine must surrender or 'cease to exist,' Russian official says: Live updates - USA TODAY

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Man assaults Dover border pressure centre earlier than killing himself

A person threw petrol bombs hooked up with fireworks at a brand new British immigration border pressure centre within the southern English port of Dover after which killed himself, a Reuters witness mentioned, Development experiences citing Euronews. The attacker, a white man in a striped high, drove as much as the centre in a white SEAT sports activities utility car. He acquired out and threw three petrol bombs, one among which didn’t go off, the photographer mentioned. After the assault, the person tied an improvised noose round his neck hooked up to a metallic pole and drove off, killing himself, the photographer mentioned. Police arrived minutes afterwards and cordoned off the realm. Native police and Britain’s inside ministry weren’t instantly out there to remark. Originally published at Irvine News HQ

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