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15

Dec

2021

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EU response to the transport poverty (debate)

– Mr President, the concept of transport poverty, or mobility poverty, is attracting increasing attention. Despite the lack of an exact definition, transport poverty generally refers to the inability of accessing mobility services either due to the cost, or because the services do not exist. It is not necessarily referring exclusively to those who cannot afford the access to transportation. We sho…

8

Jul

2021

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Decent working and employment conditions in the aviation sector - Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on aviation (debate)

– Mr President, I would like to thank the honourable Members for their interest and passion in tackling aviation issues. They were not only the ones reflected by the two questions, but we had a whole array of issues around aviation. As Commissioner for Transport, I have learned that everyone is very interested in transport generally, and everyone has an opinion on transport. Of all the sectors and…

8

Jul

2021

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Decent working and employment conditions in the aviation sector - Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on aviation (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a major shock for the aviation industry. Demand for air travel, in particular for passengers, collapsed in a matter of weeks and the recovery has been slow and fluctuating until recently. The aviation sector is not expected to fully recover before 2024-2026. On the short-term air traffic recovery, the Commission is giving its prior…

8

Jul

2021

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Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education (debate)

– Mr President, as I have said from the beginning, the message my colleagues wanted to bring to you today is that we are strongly committed to animal welfare, while mindful of our responsibility to ensure the protection of health and the environment. The Commission chose for the regulation a stepwise approach to this directive with the ultimate goal of replacing all animals in science. The directi…

8

Jul

2021

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Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, the European Union is committed to supporting animal welfare, to improving public health and protecting the environment. We recognise that animals have intrinsic value and the Commission is convinced that animal testing should be phased out in Europe. We are working towards this goal in particular by means of the directive on the protection animals in science, w…

6

Jul

2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, thank you all for your support for the new CEF regulation and the streamlining directive and for further pushing the deployment of the ERTMS on the European network. As I mentioned earlier, with the adoption of CEF II regulation, we will now finalise all preparatory steps with our Agency CINEA to be able to launch the first call for proposals in September. As re…

6

Jul

2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

– Mr President, it’s wonderful for me to be back here with you, especially on a discussion on Connecting Europe. As Transport Commissioner, I see strengthening the connection between countries, regions and people as being my main mission. Of course, we need to do this sustainably, safely and intelligently and align with the goals of the European Green Deal. The priority remains connecting Europe i…