In his draft report for the revision of regulation 1371/2007 on the rights and obligations of railway passengers, Bogusław Liberadzki (S&D, Poland) suggests certain exceptions for railway companies from their responsibilities in the event of extraordinary circumstances or force majeure.
This proposal is more flexible than that of the European Commission presented on 28 September last according to which a railway operator would not be obliged to compensate passengers except when there is...