We strive for a sustainable European Transport Policy - this means mobility of citizens and goods taking into account the aims of the European environmental and energy policies...

PRESS RELEASES

17/12/2008	Safer roads in Europe: the EP is committed, what about the Member States? Brigitte Fouré MEP
09/12/2008	Shorter flight times, cheaper fares, less pollution - the advantages of the Single European Sky. Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP
09/12/2008	Paquet ERIKA III: un nouveau cap pour la sécurité maritime en Europe. Dominique Vlasto, MdPE
03/12/2008	Future of Sustainable General and Business Aviation Report voted by Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament. Luís Queiró MEP
23/10/2008	Breite Mehrheit im Europäischen Parlament für Einsatz gegen Piraterie am Horn von Afrika/ Broad plenary majority for EU missions against piracy. Karl von Wogau MEP

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT POLICY WITH A BROADER PERSPECTIVE

Since the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force on 1 March 1999, the European Parliament has been an equal partner with the Council of Ministers in the co-decision procedure, and has thus been able to play a major role in shaping European legislation.

The European Parliament is in broad agreement with the Council of Ministers, as the co-legislator, and the Commission, as the driving force and guardian of the Treaties, on the objectives of a common transport policy...

THIRD MARITIME PACKAGE

Third Maritime Package The European Parliament debated the six legislative texts on various maritime Regulations - the so-called Maritime Package on 23 September...

UPCOMING EVENTS

	Hearing on General and Business Aviation British EPP-ED Member Timothy Kirkhope is hosting a hearing on general and business aviation, in cooperation with MEPs Luís Queiró (Portugal) and Marian-Jean Marinescu (Romania), and the Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport.
	Luís Queiró MEP (EPP-ED, Portugal) has been recently appointed Rapporteur on Agenda for Sustainable Future in General and Business Aviation.

PAST EVENTS

		Herbicides on Railway Tracks An EPP-ED conference on the herbicides used around railway tracks toos place in the European Parliament on 12 June...
		Urban mobility The role the European Union should play in questions of urban transport as well as the importance of an overall, integrated European concept of urban transport are the issues stressed in a report by Reinhard Rack MEP (Austria) on urban mobility was voted on Thursday 29 May in the Transport and Tourism Committee...