Topic: EU

Compromise proposal Hungarian EU Council presidency puts forward new combined transport definition

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union has proposed a new definition of combined transport. There is a lot of disagreement about…
"Blueprint for the rail agenda" European Commission study: liberalisation makes rail freight better

A study by the European Commission has found that liberalisation has brought improvements to rail freight service. Supposedly, liberalisation has grown and diversified service offers…
Money for TEN-T EU opens applications for 2,5 billion euros in transport funding

A new round of applications has opened for funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). This time, 2,5 billion euros is to be allocated for…
Good use of limited money Rail freight voices doubts about EU Commission’s state aid proposal

The European Commission came out with a proposal to modernise rules on state aid for the transport sector on 18 June. Whereas the European Rail…
Wishlist for rail freight ERFA presents priority policy points for new European Commision

The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has presented four key policy points that it wants the new European Commission to implement. The association wants European…
EU Investigation ‘EU to ban Deutsche Bahn’s financial support for DB Cargo’

The European Commission is set to ban Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) subsidies for its freight subsidiary DB Cargo. The freight operator’s losses are sky-high, and the…
Connecting Europe Facility Surprise reduction in EU funding for Rail Baltica forces Latvia to reach deeper into its own pockets

As part of the tenth Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) round, the EU allocated 345 million to the Latvian Rail Baltica section. It now seems that…
Money for rail EU’s Connecting Europe Facility releases more than 5,5 billion euros in funding for rail

The EU Commission has selected 134 transport projects that will receive funding of seven billion euros in total from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). No…
Infrastructure renovation Czechia comes in with a nearly 800 million euro lifeline for railway hub

The railway hub at Česká Třebová has been out of Czechia’s sight for many years. Its last major renovation took place in the 1960s. The…
International expansion Poland opens the door for Ukrainian Railways

Months of blockades on the Polish-Ukrainian border have long shut the door for much of Kyiv’s transport to the EU. For Ukraine, which seeks to…
Support for trucks German Christian Democrats: “Road will stay main transport modality”

The German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) believe that the road will stay the main transport modality in Germany. The party said this in a parliamentary motion,…
ČD Cargo director: “A reverse modal shift would be imminent” with ETS-2

The EU’s Emissions Trading System 2 (ETS-2) could be a serious obstacle for the rail freight industry. It would be an additional financial burden but…