Western Europe Multilingualism and the protection of regional and minority languages are recognized political goals in Western Europe today. The Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages set up a legal framework for language rights in Europe. Western Europe is one of the richest regions of the world. Germany has the highest GDP in Europe and the largest financial surplus of any country, Luxembourg has the world's highest GDP per capita, and the United Kingdom has the highest Net National Wealth of any European state. Switzerland
Plug-in electric vehicles in Europe electric vehicles registered was achieved in April 2016. , the stock of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles registered in Norway totaled more than 200,000 units, including used imports, making Norway the European country with the largest stock of plug-in cars and vans, and the fourth largest in the world. Norway was the top selling plug-in country market in Europe in 2016, surpassing the Netherlands, Europe’s top market in 2015. Registrations achieved a market share of 29.1% of all new passenger cars registered in 2016. Again in 2017, Norway was Europe's top selling plug-in country. The segment market share rose to 39.2%