Liikenne- ja matkailuvaliokunta

Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac and Mr Stéphane Isoard presented the main findings of the 2025 edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) on 9 April 2025.

The TRAN committee had an exchange of views with Ms Oana Gherghinescu, the selected candidate for the post of Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA).

Using an own, newly elaborated functional definition of mobility poverty, this study first estimates mobility poverty in the nine EU outermost regions and assesses its effects on their transport and tourism sectors. It then reviews the Fit for 55 transport-related legislation and analyses its implications for these remote territories.

The Committee on Transport and Tourism discussed the Passenger rights package on 18 March. Mr Gieseke, rapporteur for the proposal on passenger rights in the context on multimodal journeys, presented his draft report. The deadline for amendments for this file was 25 March 2025 at 12.00. The debate will took place on Tuesday morning 18 March 2025 and was webstreamed.