SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

MEPs call on Commission to propose a strategy to control foreign investment in EU ports

Brussels, 03/03/2023 (Agence Europe)

MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport debated, on Thursday 2 March, Chinese investment in European ports. During the exchanges, the majority of the European Parliament’s political groups insisted on the need to have a global and European strategy for port activities.

“Our ports are strategic, they are the gateway to the EU. However, the keys are increasingly being handed over to foreign companies. There are 22 European ports with a Chinese presence. As EPP we have...