GETTY Homeowners could be forced to install car e-plugs which cost more than £67,500 each

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Despite electric cars not being commonplace throughout Europe, the EU Commission wants to force through legislation that would mean every new building would be fitted with the expensive plugs, according to German media. A new draft amendment to the EU energy efficiency package would mean single family homes and smaller buildings would have to be installed with pre-cabling. According to the EU Commission the packages would costs up to 75,000 euros - £67,000 - per station.

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The plans have been condemned by real estate experts, with the leader of a top homeowner union slamming the EU for trying to second-guess whether there will be a market for e-cars. Kai Warnecke, President of the homeowner union Haus und Grund, said: "Brussels is pushing a technology without knowing whether there will be a market in the future.”

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Sovereign nations in the Brussels bloc were forced to enshrine the directive’s rulings into their national laws by 2014. It comes as politicians from leading member states have questioned whether the EU Commissioners have gained too much power. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban criticised the over-arching powers the unelected Eurocrats have in dictating laws and legislations throughout the bloc.

GETTY Plans to force new homes to have charging points could become a reality by 2023