May 11, 2021TRAN: Exchange of views with DG GROW on summer tourismOn 15 April, the Parliamentary Transport Committee (TRAN) had an exchange of views with DG GROW Director General Kerstin Jorna on the...
May 11, 2021EU Road Safety Policy-Framework 2021- 2030On 14 April, Elena Kountoura (GUE/NGL, Greece) presented the EU's new medium-term road safety strategy, the so-called EU Road Safety...
May 11, 2021Harmonisation of payment systems at charging stationsWhen discussing the practical implementation of electric mobility with consumers today, the existing problem of the charging...
Apr 12, 2021Future of the tourism sector On 17 March 2021, TRAN Chair Karima Delli, together with members of the Tourism Task Force (TTF) Steering Group, held an informal ...
Mar 15, 2021ACEA, T&E and BEUC: Europe's charging infrastructureDeutsch On 11 February 2021, ACEA issued a joint appeal with the European non-governmental organisation Transport & Environment (T&E) and...
Mar 15, 2021TRAN: Roadworthiness PackageDeutsch The current EU rules on periodic roadworthiness testing of vehicles contribute to road safety, but an update is inevitable in...
Mar 15, 2021TRAN: Gemeinsame Kriterien für Nachhaltiges ReisenEnglisch EU-Kriterien für sicheren und sauberen Tourismus, einschließlich eines gemeinsamen Impfausweises, sollten Teil einer neuen...
Mar 15, 2021TRAN: Common criteria for sustainable travelDeutsch EU criteria for safe and clean tourism, including a common vaccination card, should be part of a new EU sustainable tourism...
Mar 15, 2021TRAN: 8th Environmental Action Programme Deutsch After the Commission had presented the 8th Environmental Action Programme (EAP) for the period from 2021 to 2030 in October last...
Mar 15, 2021Criticism of the planned Euro 7 standardDeutsch The European Commission's proposed Euro 7 standard for cars, vans, trucks and buses is meeting with widespread criticism from...
Mar 9, 2021Portuguese Presidency of the CouncilDeutsch On 1 January 2021, Portugal took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months. Under the...
Jan 19, 2021TRAN: Roadworthiness PackageDeutsch The EU adopted the Roadworthiness Package in 2014 as part of the road safety policy framework, consisting of three pieces of...
Jan 19, 2021TRAN: European Data StrategyDeutsch On 1 December, the Transport Committee of the European Parliament (TRAN) dealt for the first time with the European Data Strategy...
Jan 19, 2021ECJ: Defeat devicesDeutsch The European Union's top court ruled on 17 December 2020 that Volkswagen had broken the law by installing a so-called defeat...
Jan 14, 2021Good-to-Know: Battery Recycling: Developments and ChallengesDeutsch The electric vehicle revolution, driven by the need to decarbonise private transport and improve air quality in urban centres,...
Jan 12, 2021Green Deal: Sustainable batteriesDeutsch On 10 December 2020, the European Commission proposed a revision and modernisation of the current 2006 EU legislation on...
Dec 16, 2020Tourism in the CrisisDeutsch There is no question that tourism is one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic. Even if a light at the end of the tunnel is...
Dec 16, 2020The Importance of Individual MobilityDeutsch Local and long-distance public transport was reduced and suspended in many places in the wake of the pandemic, on top of that it...
Dec 16, 2020Greenwashing through Plug-In HybridsDeutsch Plug-in hybrid vehicles can emit up to eight times more carbon dioxide than advertised, according to a study by the European NGO...