Members of the lower house of the German parliament, the Bundestag, plan to fully exonerate the German government of any responsibility for emissions cheating by car manufacturers... A separate inquiry, carried out by members of the European Parliament in Brussels, however [found that] “the member states’ failure to organise an efficient market surveillance system constitutes a contravention of EU law”... But the German committee's text [...] clearly revealed the political bias of the MPs – a majority of whom support the current German coalition. MPs praised the German government for swift action, [...] instead [blaming] “inadequate” European rules [...] for Germany's lack of on-road testing of emissions... The German MPs also criticised the final report produced by the European Parliament's inquiry committee, saying the conclusions provided “few starting points for effective solutions”...