“Together with the Patriots for Europe Group, the ESN Group has managed to prevent the worst. We still reject the overall project – especially the attempt to gradually force the transport sector under a green EU bureaucracy – but we have ensured that small and medium-sized enterprises cannot be obliged to hand over their primary vehicle data. This means haulage firms and transport service providers are spared a deep intrusion into their business secrets.
We have also made sure that there will be no penalty payments for companies, as demanded by left-wing parties. ESN stands for a realistic, pro-business policy that protects Europe’s SME sector instead of shackling it with ever more rules and red tape. Europe needs practical, workable solutions – not ideological experiments.”
