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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8919

2 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Jacques Barrot says that relieving Brenner Pass bottlenecks is an EU priority

Brussels, 01/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - Relieving the bottleneck at the Brenner Pass in the Alps, a transit point between Italy, Austria and Northern Europe, is a 'genuine priority' for the European Union, said Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot on Thursday, quoted by AFP. Speaking in Innsbruck in Austria, before leaving for Italy on Friday, Barrot said there was a growing need to transfer freight from road to rail, and in this connection, it was vital to establish the great European rail...

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