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 have been registered since 2011, consisting of 36,405 plug-in hybrids, 12,223 all-electric cars and 1,676 all-electric utility vans. The Swedish plug-in electric market is dominated by plug-in hybrids, representing 72.4% of the Swedish light-duty plug-in electric vehicle registrations through December 2017. Sweden has ranked among the world's top ten best-selling plug-in markets for two years running, 2015 and 2016, listed in both years as the ninth largest country market. , the Swedish stock of plug-in cars and vans is the sixth largest in Europe. The plug-in passenger car segment achieved a record market share of 5.2% of new