The European Union has yet to find a compromise on the future of tax breaks on diesel fuel
adopted by some European countries last fall after trucker strikes blocked roads across Europe.
France, Italy and the Netherlands granted waivers on fuel taxes. Other countries, such as Germany, refused. Germany wants the tax breaks to end, claiming unfair competition. The European Commission, the EU's executive body, had to approve the exemptions for the waivers. That approval expired Dec. 31, and the tax breaks are in legal limbo while commissioners look for a compromise.
EU finance ministers didn't find that compromise when they met Friday, so they will take it up again at their next meeting in February.