European Union
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“It is time to build a true Transport Union.”
Von der Leyen proposes more than 50 billion euros for transport in the next budget and calls for completing the Trans-European Transport Network as foreseen.
“Check against delivery” Commissioner Tzitzikostas, dear Apostolos, Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be at the Connecting Europe Days 2026. Because transport has always been at the heart of our Union's story. 70 years ago, as Europe's founding fathers were negotiating the Treaties that would shape our Union, engineers were finishing a railway bridge across the Rhine between France and Germany. The previous bridge had been destroyed during World War II. 11 years later, trains could again cross the river between Strasbourg and Kehl. While Europe's leaders were building political integration, Europe's engineers were building physical integration. And for millions of Europeans, that is how our Union became real in their everyday lives. And it remains true today. The Erasmus student who can take a bus across Europe to spend a weekend with friends. The...
On establishing a true European transport union.