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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9217

23 June 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Commission adopts mid-term revision of White Paper on transport - Railway sector satisfied, but Greens are angry

Brussels, 22/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - As announced (see EUROPE 9210), the European Commission presented its mid-term report on implementation of its White Paper on European transport policy in the run up to 2010,on 22 June. The report was realistic and no longer makes modal shift the absolute priority of European transport policy, although Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot denied this before the press, insisting on the need to use all modes of transport to best advantage, including road...

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