European Commission

On 24 September, the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament gave green light to their newly appointed rapporteurs to start negotiations with the Council of Transport Ministers, on the Mobility Package.

Following the publication of the mission letter to the Commissioner-designate for transport the ETF is deeply concerned that the social issues are missing from the future EU transport portfolio.

On 10 September 2019 the President-elect of the European Commission announced that the Transport portfolio has been assigned to the Romanian nominee, Rovana Plumb.

The European Commission has its new President, and for the first time ever a woman will lead. Now she must show that she understands the hopes and concerns of working people across Europe. It is time for a progressive EU programme with Fair Transport at its heart!

Women workers face terrible violence and harrassment - and transport workers are some of the most affected. Today we asked the European Commission and the Romanian EU Presidency to push for an ILO Convention on violence and harassment in the world of work at the centenary ILO Conference next week in Geneva.

Transport by road is vital for Europe, but truck drivers have to rest in parking areas that are too small or in desperate need of an upgrade. Today IRU and ETF met EU Transport Commissioner Bulc. We call for action from the EU and its Member States’ to create a denser network of safe and secure truck parking areas

The European Commission has adopted its report on social standards in aviation. The non-binding proposals, will set the tone for EU work on aircrews. We've worked hard for more than one year to feed the Commission with ideas and thoughts that defend workers, and today we are concerned by the Commission’s lack of ambition.

Seafarers and fishermen are often denied basic rights granted to onshore workers. Now they could once again pay a heavy price. EU member states are about to finalise new rules that would exclude seagoing workers from the right to basic information about their own working conditions. How can they justify that?

The ETF has been appointed in the new mandate of the Commission Digital Transport and Logistics Forum.