On Wednesday 7 July, MEPs approved (617 votes in favour, 11 against, 14 abstentions) the resolution on safety and signalling in the context of the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) (see EUROPE 12756/7).
This text, which examines the state of progress of the ERTMS, calls for a rapid and complete deployment of the system.
The parliamentarians also stressed, in a press release, that despite past initiatives, the project is “far behind schedule” and that “interoperability is not yet complete”.
CEF. MEPs also approved the two massive dossiers of the Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 (CEF) (see EUROPE 12756/5) and the measures to be put in place for the realisation of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) (see EUROPE 12756/6).
“The Facility finances key cross-border connectivity projects and renewable energy projects between Member States, and will enable Europe to leapfrog towards a digital and climate-neutral economy. This is essential for us to remain competitive”, said CEF rapporteur Henna Virkkunen (EPP, Finland).
“It will not be possible to achieve the Green Deal if we do not upgrade our infrastructure for the digital and environmental transitions to come”, said the rapporteur on the TEN-T network, Dominique Riquet (Renew Europe, France). (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)