Karima Delli, Chair of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) assured at the beginning of the week - during a debate on the sector’s role in the revival being orchestrated by the European Commission (see EUROPE 12501/8) - that she would be “the spokesperson for the TRAN Committee so that transport is not forgotten”.
Since then, Mrs Delli has taken part in two initiatives aimed at ensuring a way out of the crisis in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal.
Together with the leaders of European public transport companies and the President of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Pere Calvet, she submitted a declaration (available here: https://bit.ly/30xz15G ) to the Commission and the Member States on Wednesday 10 June, calling on them to support public transport.
Regarded by signatories as “the fastest and most cost-effective way to decarbonise people’s daily mobility”, public transport could suffer losses of up to €40 billion by the end of the year, according to UITP.
On Tuesday 9 June, Karima Delli also announced that she is working with representatives of European car manufacturers, trade unions, environmental organisations and experts to draw up a roadmap aimed at making the European automobile industry, weakened by the crisis, “efficient, clean, modern and socially just”.
This roadmap is expected to address issues such as the energy mix, the conversion of jobs and infrastructure, and the role of the automobile, Mrs Delli explained, inviting the Commission and the Member States to assist with this process. (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)