Long-awaited by the European transport sector, Mario Draghi’s report on European competitiveness, published on Monday 9 September, has been welcomed by several trade associations (see EUROPE B13478A1).
Mr Draghi devoted some twenty pages to this subject. “Where national planning for transport projects and investment does exist, it primarily focuses on individual modes, is not uniform across the EU nor fully aligned with EU planning”, he lamented. “At national level, there also...