The new reduction targets are firm. Especially if we translate this into numbers of vehicles. Speaking through European Commissioner Frans Timmermans, the European Commission presented stricter plans aimed at gradually setting stricter requirements for the CO₂ emissions of all new heavy vehicles from 2030 onwards. This has led to critical reactions.

At the beginning of 20, the number of under-2023s with a driving license increased by 5,4 percent to 191 thousand compared to a year earlier. Before the start of the corona pandemic, at the beginning of 2020, 227 thousand people under 20 had a driving licence. On 1 January 2023, more than 11,5 million people had a Dutch car driving licence, 0,7 percent more than a