Press Release: Commission launches new Neighbourhood Transport Action Plan

The European Commission has published a new Neighbourhood Transport Action Plan to strengthen transport links with neighbouring regions to the East and South of of the EU.

The plan proposes more than 20 concrete measures, in the short and longer term, to make transport connections smoother, safer and more reliable. At the same time, it will deepen market integration to the advantage of both the EU and its neighbouring regions. The plan was presented on 7 July 2011 by Vice President Siim Kallas responsible for Transport and and Commissioner Stefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood policy.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Memo/11/488: EU Neighbourhood Transport Plan http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/488&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/11/512: Štefan Füle: Speech at the press conference on the adoption of the Communication on Transport Cooperation with the EU's Neighbouring Regions http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/512&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/11/511: Siim Kallas: EU Neighbourhood Transport Action Plan http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/511&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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