At its plenary session on Tuesday 12 March, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the regulation governing the use of railway infrastructure capacity (see EUROPE B13363A9, B13364A28), with 565 votes in favour, 14 against and 37 abstentions.
“The modal shift to rail is not negotiable if we want to decarbonise the European transport sector”, the rapporteur, Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA, from Luxembourg), commented in a press release. “New rules will facilitate this...