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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9468

14 July 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transport
Parliament resolute in its support of rail

Strasbourg, 13/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 12 July, the plenary session of the European Parliament adopted the own initiative report by Michael Cramer (Greens/EFA, Germany) on implementing the first rail package (see EUROPE 8135). Mr Cramer called for the shift from road haulage to rail to be speeded up, through better funding for the rail infrastructure, funding which could be guaranteed by the other forms of transport. The report, adopted by a wide majority, despite EPP criticism, backs...

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