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Press Release
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Joint Statement: Europe needs predictable and harmonised approaches to travel rules under COVID
Thursday, 1 October 2020
In her State of the Union speech on 16 September, Commission President von der Leyen said: “We must tear down the barriers of the Single Market. We must cut red tape. We must step up...
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Alberto Mazzola to follow Libor Lochman as CER Executive Director
Monday, 21 September 2020
Alberto Mazzola and Libor Lochman | © Julie de Bellaing Alberto Mazzola was unanimously elected as new Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)...
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Sector Statement Group welcomes Berlin Declaration to support international rail freight and presents its progress report
Monday, 21 September 2020
The Sector Statement Group (SSG) welcomes today’s publication of the Ministerial “Rail Freight Corridors: The Future of Rail Freight in Europe” Declaration (Berlin Declaration). The Berlin...
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A blueprint for greater focus on rail in the quest for green mobility
Friday, 10 July 2020
European transport must be carbon-neutral at the latest by 2050, with clear mid-term milestones set for 2030 and 2040. This is the objective proposed by the Community of European Railway and...
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Europe's economic recovery after Covid-19: help finance it by applying user-pays and polluter-pays principles in transport
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Europe's economic recovery after Covid-19 must be green, also in transport. Transport should help finance the recovery, through application of user-pays and polluter-pays principles. This is the...
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Rail sector joins forces to contribute to sustainable and smart mobility in Europe
Monday, 29 June 2020
Transport accounts for a quarter of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, which are projected to grow further upon a post-pandemic return to business-as-usual. To achieve the EU Green Deal’s climate-...