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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
MEPs use a second question round to challenge the Irish Presidency on military mobility, tourism policy, automotive and ports, followed by ministers detailing Presidency priorities on CEF and MFF links, IMO climate framework, weights and dimensions, and the EU sustainable tourism strategy.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Coordinators and MEPs question the Presidency on CEF and MFF transport funding, key road, aviation and automotive files and passenger rights, with Ministers setting out Council priorities, timelines and constraints across the main transport dossiers.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the TRAN meeting and the Irish ministers present the trio Presidency context, horizontal transport themes, and detailed priorities on competitiveness, decarbonisation and citizen-focused transport and tourism files.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
A second expert examines jet fuel price volatility, hedging patterns and cost pressures on European airlines, then assesses passenger rights and ReFuelEU enforcement, airlines’ post‑crisis capacity and network adjustments, and the declining market share of EU and ECAA carriers on key external routes.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair introduces the item on aviation competitiveness under the Middle East fuel crisis, followed by expert analysis of EU jet fuel demand, refining decline and import dependence, the impact of the Hormuz crisis on supply, prices and trade flows, and the costs, capacity outlook and regulatory complexity around sustainable aviation fuels and long‑term fuel security strategy.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair reports on the launch of trilogues on the roadworthiness package, formally adopts the agenda and previous minutes, then leads votes on amendments to the 2027 EU general budget and secures approval of TRAN’s opinion to the Budgets Committee by roll-call vote.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the final meeting before the break and delivers a farewell tribute to the outgoing TRAN head of secretariat, who in turn thanks members, presents his new director role and formally introduces his successor, ensuring continuity of committee support.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair formally closes the aviation competitiveness item and transitions the committee to the next agenda point on the TRAN delegation mission to Washington, DC.
Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Presentation of the EU aviation competitiveness study followed by coordinators’ questions and authors’ replies on labour models, decarbonisation costs, sustainable aviation fuels, strategic autonomy and competition with non‑EU airlines, highlighting concrete regulatory and policy options for the sector.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
MEPs question guests, Council and Commission on insularity, overtourism, resident wellbeing, connectivity, taxation and EU funding tools, followed by institutional replies outlining possible regulatory instruments, tourism limits, transport links and Green Deal implications for islands.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Chair, island representatives, Council Presidency and Commission set the agenda and present key challenges, policy needs and upcoming EU strategies for tourism in islands and coastal communities, including ETS impacts, connectivity, and sustainable competitiveness priorities.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
An external expert presents recommendations on PTI/RSI design, safety and emissions testing, followed by successive Q&A rounds where MEPs from several groups probe data governance, test‑centre requirements, citizen costs, inspection frequency, vehicle data access, scope extension and the design of an EU remote sensing framework.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Political groups set out their positions on the high‑speed rail report, addressing funding, cohesion, interoperability, climate and industry issues, after which the Commission details its alignment and instruments and the rapporteur and chair draw institutional conclusions and close the item.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Covers the formal opening of the TRAN meeting, adoption of agenda and votes on other transport files, followed by the introduction of the ‘Connecting Europe through high‑speed rail’ report and the rapporteur’s strategic vision for an EU‑wide high‑speed rail network.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The committee hears a commissioned study on OPS pricing in ports and public EV charging, highlighting opaque and monopoly‑like price structures, consumer confusion and affordability risks, and discussing AFIR‑based policy options, enforcement, data and concession design, followed by coordinators’ questions on revision priorities and cost fairness.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The TRAN committee opens a new agenda point on amending Directive 92/6/EC, with rapporteur Kyllönen and shadow rapporteurs backing a targeted exemption from speed limiters for certain N2 electric vehicles and the Commission clarifying the legal framework and safety conditions.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The ITRE rapporteur, Commission and co‑rapporteurs debate small EV and light commercial categories, social leasing, Euro 7 brake limits and timelines, plug‑in hybrid utility factors, and the need for extreme‑climate vehicle testing before the chairs close the omnibus item and announce amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The committee examines the consent procedure to extend the EU–Morocco aviation agreement to Croatia, with the rapporteur and shadows underlining its technical nature and broad support, then debriefs the mission to EASA on staffing, regulatory agility, safety and competitiveness, stressing the need for adequate EU‑level resourcing. The Chair closes the morning TRAN session and later opens a new meeting, confirming agendas and minutes and introducing an external study on the impact of COVID‑19 on the transport sector as the first substantive item for presentation and Q&A.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The Chair and rapporteur Gieseke introduce the draft TRAN opinion on revising CO2 standards for new light‑duty vehicles, presenting a technology‑open, industry‑oriented “middle way” with differentiated ambition for cars and vans and a role for renewable fuels and plug‑in hybrids. Shadows and group speakers from S&D, Patriots/ECR, Renew, Greens, the Left, ECR/ID and S&D again set out contrasting positions on the 2035 combustion phase‑out, 90% targets, technological neutrality, jobs and China exposure, after which the Commission warns that some TRAN flexibilities could de facto weaken the targets and investment signal for zero‑emission vehicles, and Gieseke closes by calling for focused amendments and compromise‑oriented negotiations.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The ordinary TRAN Committee sitting is opened with confirmation of webstreaming, amendment deadlines for several transport files, minor agenda changes and a test electronic vote. Members then proceed to votes on the Austria–Switzerland road transport agreement and the wider Swiss package opinion, focusing on cross‑border coach operations and avoiding rail market fragmentation.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Final speakers on the electric vehicle transition stress affordability, differentiated national trajectories and reduced fossil fuel dependence, while defending a cross‑party compromise on automotive policy. The Chair then clarifies interpretation issues, announces deadlines and the vote schedule for the CO2 and cars file, and formally closes the first part of the meeting before a short break.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The chair thanks participants, formally closes the morning session, and announces that the committee will reconvene at 14:30 in the same room.
Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
MEP Schilling (Greens) supports the proposal as an important step to improve cross‑border public transport between Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, framing it as a European project, while MEP Danielsson, on behalf of the S&D shadow rapporteur, backs the Austria–Switzerland agreement, limited cabotage and cross‑border operations, and the change of legal basis.
Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
MEP Cassart endorses the proposal to modify the 1958 agreement between Austria and Switzerland, highlighting sustainability criteria, reduced empty trips, improved cross‑border traffic, benefits for businesses and citizens, and consistency with the EU‑Swiss package signed on 2 March.
Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
The chair explains that Article 91 is the only applicable legal basis in this transport policy file, notes the expected JURI committee opinion, aligns the legal basis change with Council to speed up the legislative process, and announces the June 12 deadline for tabling amendments before giving the floor to the rapporteur’s shadows.
The chair formally closes the TRAN public hearing on sustainable aviation fuels, thanks the speakers, and notes that their input will inform Parliament’s work on EU SAF deployment challenges.
MEPs probe whether book-and-claim should be ESAF‑only or cover all SAF, EU vs EEA scope, use of Air Services Regulation to open fuel markets, post‑2030 ESAF capacity planning, and fraud risks, and the panel answers on auction design, ETS‑financed and ESAF‑ring‑fenced allowances, Norway/Iceland inclusion, UDB-based monitoring, tighter certification and synchronising ETS rules so airlines can claim purchased environmental value without altering physical SAF delivery duties.
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The chair introduces the second panel, after which SASHA, the Italian PACTA Foundation, Transport & Environment and SkyNRG set out contrasting models for book-and-claim, ranging from ESAF-focused, time-limited and EEA‑confined schemes to broader SAF coverage, while addressing ETS/RefuelEU trajectories, airport fuel market power, voluntary book-and-claim practices and the role of EU‑funded double-sided auctions in de‑risking new SAF capacity.
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MEPs question airline, DHL and airport representatives on Commission reluctance, EU vs global scope, interaction with double-sided auctions, scarcity and fraud risks, imports and feedstock limits, level playing field with non‑EU carriers and global regimes, and the panel responds by detailing how an EU-only, UDB-based book-and-claim could work with extended SAF allowances, registry interoperability and state support while maintaining physical delivery obligations and robust certification.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting
Munich Airport outlines conditions and safeguards for a robust book-and-claim system, followed by several Q&A rounds where MEPs probe costs, scope, fraud and double-counting risks, EU versus global coverage, production incentives and competitiveness, with panelists responding on production de-risking, registry design anchored in the Union Database, and alignment with EU policy instruments.
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