 yes hello we can hear you we cannot see you yes let us try to connect video which was not possible until now so okay hello hello hello sir costas how are you thank you very much for the opportunity you are giving me today to address your chamber with the latest transport proposals which are the efficient and green mobility strategy this package follows up on our strategy for sustainable and smart mobility and is in line with the European green deals objectives ultimately all our proposals will aim to help the European Union to meet its targets of reducing transport emissions by 90 percent by 2050 but they also improve the transport system in many other ways so in the December efficient and green mobility package we came hot on the heels of the fit for 55 package which were adopted in July last year and will keep up this momentum we have no time to waste in modernizing the transport and the mobility to recall the fit for 55 proposals target cleaner fuels for aviation and maritime transport in refuel aviation and fuel maritime as well as the infrastructure needed to power cleaner cars lorries ships and planes the proposal on alternative fuels infrastructure regulation sets binding deployment targets to ensure we have sufficient infrastructure including electric recharging and hydrogen refueling for light and heavy duty vehicles also short side electricity supply in maritime and inland waterway ports and electricity supply for the stationary aircraft the binding targets are needed to make sure we hit the original goal of cutting the CO2 emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and then also necessary to that we leave no region behind in particular those in which the uptake of electric vehicles is lower and where there is not yet a strong enough business case for recharging points so our targets are intentionally flexible to take into consideration different regional realities some of you make be concerned that the rapid deployment of infrastructure will be a financial burden for regions and that new zero emission vehicles are also more expensive various financing instruments support regional investment including the connecting Europe facility the recovery of resilience facility the European structure investment funds now our proposal is on aviation and maritime for cleaner fuels are also crucial to remote islands and regions that depend exclusively on those modes of transport to be connected we don't want to reduce the mobility of the citizens but we wish that all transport modes become cleaner and smarter this is beneficial for people living in those areas and their economy all fit for 55 proposals are currently being discussed in the parliament and in the council we hope that soon we'll be able to enter into inter institutional discussions and we can soon work towards greener mobility solutions moving on to the proposals in the efficient and green mobility package adopted in December the same to modernize the trans-European transport network address other mobility challenges boost long-distance and cross-border train travel and further promote intelligent transport systems the impacts will be felt by many from passengers and city dwellers those living along our tent in network and of course the transport sector itself I think the role of the trans-European network the 10 t in new connectivity and cohesion is often overlooked it is the backbone of our transport system ensuring connectivity to our regions it stress an economic social and territorial cohesion and makes our internet and market function smoothly accessibility and connectivity for all regions are part of the priorities of the 10 t policy and that includes connectivity for those territories where transport is crucial for them in particular the outmost regions and other remote rural insular peripheral and the sparsely populated regions these objectives are spelled out very clear in the proposal I'm also aware that the 10 t is a sensitive issue for some regions and cities some would like to add new sections to the core network other one day a city's integrated into the transport corridors but we need to pay particular attention to the projects with added value meaning the cross-border sections missing links and bottlenecks of our European corridor however I do agree to accelerate progress on parts of the network we cannot just wait for 2050 this is why we have proposed a new intermediate deadline of 2040 for an so-called extended core network so in all proposals we acknowledge the importance of urban nodes their role in our transport system large parts of our citizens live in urban areas or travel daily to work at some at the same time citizens residing in cities suffer the most from negative externalities such as noise congestion and their pollutants in full respect to the principle of subsidiarity and to the competence of the authorities on the ground mainly local and regional authorities we want to help addressing these problems we want to better integrate the cities into the wider 10 t and improve the interconnection between local regional interregional and international transport so we are upgrading certain cities to urban nodes the entire 10 t network now contains 424 such nodes cities cities are working hard to adopt sustainable and smart transport solutions and I do not want to leave them alone in this we are enabling the EU framework for the member states regions and cities to develop safe accessible inclusive smart resilient and zero emission urban mobility well ahead of 2050 we set a more ambitious approach to sustainable urban mobility planning with related indicators these links with new requirements in the revised anti-regulation on the network to adopt a sustainable urban mobility plan the so-called sums and to collect relevant data the sums with the public transport and active mobility like working in cycling their heart have proven an effective and increasingly popular tool implemented in many countries and not only in the EU we will support member states regions and cities with the data collection needed for sustainable urban mobility indicators we also need to acknowledge that deliveries in urban areas have skyrocketed this trend is set to continue meaning more congestion more pollution that is why we are recommending that cities pay attention to sustainable logistics and the voluntary sharing of data between stakeholders we are asking that cities have sustainable urban logistic plan this plan should be integrated into the sustainable urban mobility plan new mobility services and devices are also likely here to stay so we need to think about their integration into the overall urban mobility system we are about to issue guidance on local passenger transport on demand and recommendations have already well been presented on the safe use for micro mobility devices like e-scooters the third proposal of the December package is a real action plan this is a concrete finale for the European year of rail and thank you once again for the support shown by cities and the regions that welcome the connecting Europe Express it was an incredible journey now the real action plan identifies ten of the biggest obstacles that are holding us back from making rail a more attractive option for long and cross-border journeys they include the redundant national rules complicated ticketing the slow uptake of digital technologies so we set out concrete steps to remove this hurtless in the coming years from faster railway tracks to better roads and bigger multimodal hubs this infrastructure connects Europe in all its different parts but digital infrastructure brings us even closer together so our proposal to update the current directive on intelligent transport systems will increase efficiency in urban transport and we hope it's going to step up also the road safety new developments such as the mass mobility as a service and connected cooperative connected and automotive mobility cannot become a reality without to be curious ITS deployment so this is what our directive sets basically the overall policy framework so ultimately ladies and gentlemen this proposals will also bring us closer to our emission targets and I'm counting on your support for both packages as we move forward I look forward to consulting you again regarding implementation where the region cities municipalities are critical in our policy success all our plans would be nothing without the implementation so here you have a tremendous role to play thank you very much for your attention I'm looking forward for your comments and suggestions thank you president because that's thank you very much commissioner for your very very inspiring words and having set the main road on which we will walk together in order to achieve this very important for all of us goals that you have set I would like now to open our debate and in order to have time I would suggest that the opinion of Adrienne Taban that was foreseen for 1130 as well as the voting slot at 1140 to go after at four o'clock after the break and after the debate on the conference on the future of Europe together with the other opinions so that we have time until 12 o'clock that we have the Adamovich prize if you agree with me this will give us the opportunity to have an interesting discussion with Commissioner Vallean so I would like to start by giving the floor to Mr. Taban from the EPP thank you president dear commissioner Adina Vallean thank you very much that you are opportunity to debate this important issue I would like to raise two important questions the first one just transition needs also adequate resources the cost of the transport of the transition will be high green transition will affect all regions with the link to the automotive industry a sector which accounts for almost six million jobs in the core automotive and deacent industries two million workers in car manufacturing and supply will need radical upskilling and retraining one million jobs will be lost only in my hometown Kujir three thousand jobs could be lost in the future these jobs especially in the automotive supply industry will disappear and of course new ones will emerge probably in other regions this territorial impact needs more reflection from the European Commission we demand the multi-level dialogue on the transition of the automotive industry we need the just transition fund dedicated to the millions of workers in the automotive industry the model of this fund can be the just transition mechanism that helps out cold regions and the second is about cohesion we fully support the objective to reduce CO2 emissions in transport sector sustainable urban mobility plans in each city already tackle air pollution and CO2 emissions but also we must increase European cohesion on infrastructure regional disparities in the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure must be duly addressed in less developed or remote regions this shift towards carbon zero mobility cannot be done without social support and European cohesion no region must be left behind thank you very much for attention thank you very much mr. deban mr. Drexel from the yes very much for the commissary I would like to thank you very much for your instructions the decarbonization of traffic is one of the central challenges in the fight for climate change is there it takes as you have mentioned also an appropriate infrastructure I would like to introduce our exhibition name to the tent t but personally I greet the suggestion that the extended core network is to be implemented by 2040 so we have an ambitious but also realistic time plan with corresponding resources we will achieve an improvement of the rail infrastructure this also in my region the country of steuermark in austria it is also very welcome that the european commission the central role of urban node points has been raised we as local and regional regional partnerships are here with the security of your partner but of course there are also regional effects of this green transformation to consider they themselves have said no region to be left behind that belongs in my opinion is very special also in connection with automobile regions regions with auto or supply industry because the suggestions to the fleet limits for the auto industry have a huge impact here I am myself as chairman of the automotive intergroup of the adr especially with this topic 14.6 million people in europe work in this industry and their connected industries the green mobility can only succeed if they are also successful for these people and for the regions with auto and supply industry success here a funded analysis of the effects of the reforms on the affected regions a current study shows that depending on the fleet limits and co2 standards up to 275,000 jobs could be lost in the city of teban itself also includes the automotive intergroup it has worked very successfully and I thank me for his cooperation I invite you, Mr. Commissioner, to take our thoughts along with your thoughts, thank you very much Mr. Smith from the PES, please. Yes, good morning commissioner and I'm representing the Brussels capital region and as an inhabitant as Brussels you definitely know our traffic mobility issues on the basis I used to be responsible for mobility no urbanism and on the basis of these experience I absolutely agree with you that in terms of subsidarity regions and cities are the ones that are responsible for implementing the sustainable strategies and that we have to do the work on the ground but we need the European Union and we need the European Commission and your new EU urban mobility framework we believe is giving a good step in the right direction for making sustainable urban mobility plans for the urban nodes mandatory in this new regulation but as you asked we will give you two basic suggestions they are particularly important for us for the PES group first of all it's the need of public collective transports not only in cities but also connection with the rural and suburban areas in Europe and secondly all these innovation solutions have to make transport more efficient so first of all collective transport it is essential the transition to electric cars is good but what do we have traffic jam with electric cars remains a traffic jam so we need collective transport it also enables us to give more public space to people and everybody in the after covid area will agree that cities should be places for people and not places for car and that active mobility is necessary and that we have to avoid more urban sprawl secondly we need more convergence at the EU level for instance the standardization of transport data the harmonization of ticketing in Europe are solutions that can help our European citizens can facilitate the life when they are moving in the European Union or within countries and of course Commissioner we are there to help you to suggest you to work together to give a good urban mobility framework because we should not forget mobility is a mean it's not an objective it's the mean to get a better quality of life in our regions and cities thank you thank you very much the floor now to miss Boudinot from the p.s. group oui monsieur le président madame la commissaire le secteur des transports et l'un des secteurs dans lequel les émissions de gaz à effet de serre continue d'augmenter dangereusement pour y remédier nous avons besoin de développer un système de transport aérien européen durable ce système ne pourra bien entendu advenir sans l'engagement et l'accompagnement de nos villes et de nos régions nous devons évidemment anticiper par des études poussées et investir pour articuler au mieux les grands axes structurant du réseau trans-européen avec nos transports locaux au comité des régions nous défendons des principes très clair la prise en compte des externalités négatives dans le prix des transports le principe du pollueur payeur pour financer le report modal vers les modes de transports les plus vertueux aujourd'hui nous saluons la nouvelle version du règlement rt et qui répond à des demandes portées depuis longtemps par le comité ils donnent vous l'avez dit davantage de place au neuf urbain au tronçon transfrontalier et il fait le lien avec les plans de mobilité urbaine durable au comité nous allons travailler maintenant à chercher à identifier les pistes d'amélioration de cette proposition de règlement nous pourrons ainsi vous faire remonter toutes les suggestions visant à ce que les questions économiques sociales d'aménagement durable et équitable du territoire soit abordé le plus intelligemment et le plus finement possible vous le savez nous sommes des capteurs du ressenti des citoyens sur le territoire et il est évident qu'ils ont besoin de croire en une Europe qui vise à améliorer le bien-être commun et pour y croire il faudra qu'il voir il faudra voir se réaliser par exemple des infrastructures de transport collectif qui nous relieront les uns aux autres qui nous offriront une mobilité plus efficace moins polluante décarboné c'est un domaine capital que les transports car il doit être l'expression d'une Europe forte et ambitieuse qui investit dans notre avenir merci merci beaucoup madame Boudinot the floor now to miss verka paya from the renew Europe group kiitos puhenjohtaja hyvää commissari europasta tavoitteina on päästöpäästöton autoilu vuoden 2035 alusta alkaen haluamme siis vähentää liikenteen päästöja aikara justi tarvitsemme kaikki alue et kaupungit ja kylät mukaan tarvitsemme paikallisia tekoja ensinnäkin halon kysyä sinultä joko sinun omalla aluella ja kunnassasti on tiekartta hiilidioksit siilidioksit siilidi päästöjen vähentämisen oletteko ilmoottautuneet mukaan jo hiilineutraalit ja älykkäät kaupungit verkostoon ja oletko itse tehnyt ja antanut ilmastolupauksia mitä paikalliset teotio voivat konkreettisesti sitten olla liikenteen päästöjen vähentämiseen kaikki lähtee tavoitteista konkreettisista suunnitelmista ja rakenteista jos haluatte eristää pyöräilyä ja kävelyä tarkoittaa se liikkumisen olosuhteiden panostamista. Pitä rakentaa toimivat pyöräilyväylät ja huolehtia niiden kunnosta. Kun meillä Suomessa sataa lunta lähtee aurausautot puhdistamaan pyörätiet ja jo varhain priorysoidussa järjestyksissä. Siksi meillä pyöräillään myös talvella todella paljon. Jos taas halutaan eristää sähkö- ja biokaasukäyttöistä autoilua tarvitsemme verotuksellisia kannustimia, toimivia julkisia lataus- ja tankauspisteitä sekä autoteolisuuden uusia innovaatioita. Omaa sähköautoni muuten on näyttää toimivan hyvin täällä ohjoisen talve. Julkisen ja raskaan liikenteen päästöjen vähentämisen tarvitaan myös ratkaisuja. Teknologian kehittyessä kaupunkien joukkoliikenteen pitää siirtää sähkö- tai biokaasukäyttöiseksi. Voimme edistää myös lähiuna liikenteen mahdollisuuksia. TNT-verkostosta haluaisin sanoa sen, että uudistuksen painopiste tulee olla rajat ylittävissä liikennehankkeissa, joissa joukkoliikenne, raskasliikenne ja tavaran kuljetus tulee huomioida. Europaan vihreään siirtymään toteutus ja siinä onnistuminen on pitkälti kiinni perusteollisuuden ja energiatuotannon ratkaisusta, mutta erityisesti paikallisten asukkaiden toimintatapojen muutoksesta. Ja me olemme kaikki osa muutosta. Thank you very much, the floor now to Mr. Marsilio from the ECR Group. Grazie, signor Presidente. Conseguire l'ambizioso obiettivo dell'Unione Europea di evitore del 90 per cento le emissioni dei trasporti entro il 2050 sarà possibile solo con un approccio integrato e multimodale, che coinvolga tutti i modi di trasporto. La strategia per una mobilità sostenibile e intelligente, infatti, è strettamente legata all'aumento del trasporto ferroviario, il quale genera come evidenziato ampiamente nel corso delle iniziative che si sono svolte nel 2021, l'anno europeo delle ferrovie, costi inferiori rispetto ad altre forme di trasporto. Il carattere multimodale della transizione necessaria in tema di mobilità è rispecchiato dalla proposta di revisione della rede trans-europea dei trasporti in cui è delineata la visione dell'infrastruttura di trasporto del futuro lungo i corridoi prioritari del due e in tutti i modi di trasporto. Colgo l'occasione a tal proposito per ringraziare la commissaria Vallean e l'intera commissione per aver deciso di portare al Parlamento che ospichiamo vorrà approvarla, tale proposta di revisione che non esito a definire di importanza e requisito essenziale per appartenere ad un corridoio. È un risultato morto significativo, anche se solo nella inclusione della rede Extended Core, tanto più che la commissione nel negoziato con gli Stati nazionati si apposta legittimamente con un atteggiamento prudente e conservativo nella comune consapevolezza che le infrastrutture inserite di Core impegnano lo Stato nazionale a realizzarle, ma dato atto al governo di aver sostenuto e resogredibile la proposta dell'abruzzo e delle regioni Adriatici investendo fondi consistenti necessari al completamento delle opere infrastrutturali cruciali in ordine trall'alto all'intero finanziamento del progetto della ferroviaroma pescare e alla realizzazione oltre che al finanziamento degli interventi sulle autostrate a 14, a 24 e a 25 e della rede ferroviaria Adriatica appunto tra Lece e Bologna è importante sottolineare in definitiva due passaggi il fatto di avere un corridoio sul capo orientale è un caposaldo che rafforza ulteriormente il collegamento con civita vecchia e con Roma costituendo la precondizione per un corridoio trasversale e l'esito positivo del confronto conferma ancora una volta di più come sia preziosa la collaborazione e l'ascolto tra le regioni e l'Europa, grazie. Grazie, Emile. Mr. MacDonald from the EA Group, please. Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Chair. Let me focus on a number of issues. Conactivity and accessibility are essential in assuring socioeconomic and territorial cohesion and therefore transport affordability must be taken into consideration when devising new policies, especially for those regions that are dependent on maritime and aviation as a sole means of connection to the continental platform. My city of Galway is completely congestive, so outer ring roads to take care of some of the city must be part of the overall transport planning, which would allow for revitalising towns and city centres. We welcome the Commission's indentation to strengthen links between airports, ports and rail network. Sadly, in Ireland, progress on rail outside of the Dublin car route is lacking, and we would welcome progress and investments in regions, especially the western rail in Ireland. At the same time, I call on you, Commissioner, not to overlook the situation of regional airports that have been suffering heavily from the crisis. Regional airports play a key role in ensuring economic, social and territorial cohesion. In some regions, this is necessarily not only for the sake of accessibility and tourism, they are also a source of employment. Regional airports like Shannon, Nock, Donegal and Kerry airports provide a vital service to our communities and allow for tourism and business to function in a globalised world. I am very conscious that island regions like Karska and the Ireland Islands in Ireland cannot function without airports, and we need to ensure that the regions are not left behind. Finally, on a subject close to my heart, we need to make transport and mobility more accessible to all of our citizens, for too long we have ignored the needs of our disabled and elderly community. I believe there is great scope for using smart technology to increase success for our disabled to transport and mobility services. Nobody should be left behind as we head towards a newer, greener and socially friendly mobility policy. Garamila Makot. Thank you very much. Mr Hasler from the Greens, please. We cannot hear you, Mr Hasler. There is no sound. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, I represent Baden-Württemberg in the outskirts of the region, the homeland of cars, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch have the seat in our beautiful country. Today, the automotive economy is in a deep transition of structure. The words of climate neutrality and digitalisation are for this a major challenge. The government of Baden-Württemberg has called in 2017 the strategy dialogue Automobile Baden-Württemberg into life. For the regions in which many jobs and a significant part of the value of the automotive industry is the successful transformation and implementation of economic survival. At home, it is already clear that the traffic lights must be transferred mainly to the regions that need to be transferred. It is important from my point of view that the regions are stronger in the focus and a stronger connection of the automotive economy is meaningful over the previous formats. I am very happy, Mrs. Commissioner, that you are open to taking up our impulses in your policy planning. And we, Mrs. Commissioner, are very happy to bring you in. Thank you very much. I would like to give to Commissioner the first reaction to what you've heard so far, if you agree. Yes, absolutely. Do you hear me? Yes, yes. Of course, we can hear you. Thank you very much for all your comments. There are topics which, of course, there are on the minds of the citizens and policymakers into this transition, which is proposed to be truly revolutionary one. If I take only the subject of the automotive industry, which was raised by you, I can understand very well that regions in which you have important manufacturers, either for automotive directly or for associated industries, there are a lot of worries about the future. Because the future, the way it is proposed to tackle the climate change is a tremendous change in the design of the car. And this, of course, impacts industry itself in terms of re-technologization in terms of changing the jobs or a lot of worries I can understand. It's true, but it's true that this kind of change is needed, the proposal of the commission, even though I'm answering for it, it's not a transport file, it's coming from the climate people regarding especially the CO2 standards for cars is implying that and proposing an end to the combustion engine. I know in various parts of Europe this is still in debate and we need a lot of research and innovation and all the technologies we have on the market in order to make sure that this transition is successful. That being said, there is a bet which the industry and policy makers are making on electric cars. This is what we hear. There is a dilemma, the type of chicken and egg, should we have more infrastructure for charging? First of all, more electric cars and then the infrastructure follow. We are trying to break this through our AFIR the alternative fuel infrastructure regulation trying to set targets for deployment of the infrastructure on public along our corridors and in the cities also is the obligation that new buildings will have the charging stations. This we hope will encourage the increase of the volumes. We are aware that many member states are stimulating the uptake of electric cars by heavily subsidizing the buy of an electric car. Let's hope that our automotive industry will be able to adapt and remain competitive in a global world while providing us cleaner vehicles for the future. It is a debate to continue and I really hope in the end these policies will be successful and will retain the jobs and the competitiveness of one of the most successful industry in Europe which is the automotive industry. Apart from that of course there is a debate if an engine should maybe run on sustainable fuel which remains liquid and this is something I'm looking also following to see how the industry is evolving with innovation and technologies and the increased volumes of this kind of fuels to see how the mix will be looking for the future. But I put this aside because the automotive industry is also a worry of my colleagues with internal market and the climate of course for the heavy truck industry because it was raped by someone that are different requirements but there are also movements from the industry. There is a lot of betting on hydrogen the batteries are less let's say successful for this kind of operations but still LMG and hydrogen for the future it's something which can provide more sustainable alternative for powering long distance and heavy trucks well many of you raised the issue of sustainable mobility in urban areas I think this is key for our proposal of course it depends a lot on the willingness of the cities themselves we are introducing this obligation for the urban nodes to have sustainable mobility plans to better connect with the multimodality in order to try to reduce the externalities in the cities I mentioned that we have 424 new cities on the TNT network which get the status of an urban node but with the status comes the obligation of having a sustainable urban mobility plan and to collect the data we are also preparing a commission recommendation to the member states on the national support program for this sums with public transport and active mobility meaning working and cycling at the heart because many of you said rightfully that collective transport is key for sustainability of the cities and this is true and this is something we support and agree with we will have more targeted EU funding and try to create better synergies between different programs especially to support this action point for example under the horizon Europe research and innovation program we recently kicked off a mission a mission to create 100 climate neutral and smart cities by 2030 turning the cities into living labs that we hope will inspire others with concrete solution how to become climate neutral and smart again for more effective zero emission freight logistics and last night deliveries we insist we announced this into the framework also next week we are going well let's see next week or in the weeks to come we will publish guidance on passenger transport on demand for the taxis and private hire vehicles with drivers so a lot of work here and a lot of possibilities for financing this type of programs for having cities becoming more sustainable in terms of mobility and this answers some of your statements for polluter pay we have several instruments for seeing all this ETS it is proposed ETS for road we have the euro vignette in debate between the parliament and the council so this is a principle we keep in mind for everything and plus we do not harm principle for everything we are doing further and this is embedded in all our policies so Italy is looking very well in reality and on the map for the network I know there is a lot of commitment from the government and this we have seen by for seeing a lot of money from the national budget to support network projects now Italy will have these two trade corridors the one for passengers remaining in the central axis north south and also the one on the east you will have a core port which is a novelty so it is a lot of movement and commitment and the maps are looking very well especially for this connectivity north south to be strengthened the same for Ireland for Ireland we understand the new realities that Ireland needs to be better connected now with the continent after Brexit on the empty network in Ireland we provide a different road and rail connection to border crossing with not that Ireland to ensure that editorial continuity with the whole island moreover I know that the authorities are conducting an analysis of the rail network on the whole island which could lead to better rail connection then on the revision we have reinforced the maritime links between the continent and Ireland and we have new provisions of the maritime space which will allow to establish more connections with the continental Europe we recognize this and it was also about the regional airports I personally support them very much and there are policies we have both regarding state aid due to this pandemic difficult situation in aviation sector and airports in particular there are public service obligations and I recognize their importance for the connectivity of the people and the economy of islands and outmost regions so it's something I am supporting a lot so that in a nutshell but let's continue with others thank you thank you very much Commissioner Valyan I would like to give the floor now to Miss Zdanovska from the EPP we cannot hear you Miss Zdanovska okay thank you once again Ladies and gentlemen the city's mobility has a key importance in the process of ecological transformation the Union should intensify its efforts for the fastest connection to the network and the TNT not only the linear but the entire urban areas avoiding large agglomerations as well as what was the most important important element in the aspect of mobility in the last couple of years you have done a great job on modernizing the system of public transportation especially the rail and creating integrated multimedia multimodal European news was very important and accelerated this investment process we know that the last mile of the passenger if it could not be a public transport often the passenger will not choose this public transport that is why especially now it is necessary there is a lot of support and then the development of this transport which will allow the government to develop a friendly public transport thank you very much Miss Fernandez Viana now from the Renew Europe Group this is vital especially for the region regarding the development of infrastructure in Canterra we are convinced that in the development of a connection between Santander and Bilbao in Basque Country it will be a big step forward in the middle of December this section will continue to appear in the regional network and I am very aware that the 2030 is coming soon however the new international platform of important parts of the network gives us a window of opportunity in the region, it is evident that in 2040 it has been added to accelerate the finalization of the network with views of the climatic objectives of the union for 2050 and the railway connection to Santander and Bilbao is undoubtedly the consequence of these objectives there is a need for current people and we cannot wait until 50 for this connection to be a rarity therefore we will continue to fight thank you very much Mr. Konrad from the EPP please can you hear me? okay Mr. President, dear colleagues, thank you for this interesting and important debate and for being here today I represent German cities and I am the mayor of South African, a truly green and sustainable city but also a city where the car industry is the most important industry and employer like millions of families in Europe depend on this industry people in our city look with concern at the current development we need a process of adaptation but not disruption adaptation means we need to build the necessary infrastructure therefore two things are mainly needed efficiency and money efficiency can be improved if cities and regional authorities are involved in the process of implementing national strategies sufficient funds are needed for the infrastructure development especially for TNT infrastructure fundraising must be fully provided through the connecting Europe facility and national programs this must not be left to citizens and regions otherwise poorer regions will lose out in the future, thank you thank you very much Mr. Bianco from the PES thank you President congratulations to the commissioner for the determination with which you put a program of a different transport but this is not enough what is happening in these days in Ukraine takes care of us terribly, the increase perhaps the cost of carburants is really beyond any limit I think I must understand a very strong road towards alternative sources I made a quick calculation here in Catania and in Sicily if on all public buildings schools, parks we put the photovoltaic plants in my city, Catania which is a city of 1 million inhabitants and the entire Sicily which is a region of over 5 million inhabitants would be fully self-sufficient you need to take great effort to encourage this transformation not only of mobility but also of energy supply towards new and courageous forms thank you very much thank you very much Mr. Dexter please from the EPP Mr. Florianschütz from the PES Group please Mr. Hegedus from the ICR I would like to tell you that this transformation is essential it takes care of the national economic values and the citizens are more and more aware of the changes that are taking place but the leaders are more and more aware of the economic values related to the economic issues of the economic security and the citizens' interests are also important to the citizens in my city so I think that it is important to support the beginning of the old security and to encourage the security so that it can lead to a real transition to the PES Group for the development of technologies thank you very much Mr. Vosch from the Greens please thank you Mr. President thank you Mrs. Commissioner for this order we have made some changes we believe that the number of charging points has to be increased we also have tourism streams to meet the same principle and to motivate to switch to electricity but we also made the need for the compatibility of the system of the digital system so that you are not always blocked again when you come to a station and I think there will be a big transformation with the high-quality workers but we can't close we want to remain mobile Electromobility is the highest efficiency in the public transport in the individual transport and therefore we have to be there so that we can remain individual mobile and I think one thing is clear and that is also seen with the fore heavy transport, shipping will need more fuel thank you very much thank you Mr. Ladl-Rossmann from the EPP thank you Mr. President Mr. Commissioner the transition over the fuel has in the meantime a third transit LKW and that is per year 880,000 vehicles due to a failed road cut the EU, the environment over the fuel as much as over no other Alpenbus the route over the fuel is much too cheap the traffic conditions have to be increased and we finally need a fair distribution between China and the streets between Munich and Varona the new road cut line which is currently in the European Parliament will be cut in the opposite direction if emissions poor LKWs up to 75% less traffic and if in 2021 the European year of China were apparently the announced goals here with feet and in the opposite direction worked therefore for all colleagues and colleagues please work on behalf of the EU Parliament from your country so that the Eurovenet line will not be decided at this time it is simply about the health of the people on the transit route thank you thank you, Mr. Drexler from the EPP is available no ok, Mr. Florian Schultz from the PS Mr. Die von der Europischen Kommission vorgesehene Verschärfung bei den CO2-Emissionsnormen für neue BKW und leichte Nutzfahrzeuge ist der fair für uns ein wichtiger Schritt um das zu erreichen was uns aber bei den Formen der Kommission doch etwas fehlt oder nicht offen angesprochen wird ist eine notwendige Gesamtsicht des Verkehrssektors dabei wird kein Weg an der Verkehrsverlagerung weg von der Straße hin zu China in den Städten heißt das für uns ein Vorrag für den öffentlichen Verkehr und andere emissionsfreie Art der Mobilität nicht alles, aber im Bereich der Infrastruktur ein größter Anteil wird öffentlich finanziert eine neue grüne, goldene Regel für Investitionen und klimafreundliche Maßnahmen ist daher notwendig und wir brauchen eine Flexibilitätsklausel dazu Frau Kommissaren, die ehrgeizigen Ziele sind nur reichbar, wenn wir gemeinsam handeln und auch wieder handeln können schaffen wir die Voraussetzungen dafür um die Zusammenarbeit zu verabendet Danke, Zildar Gomez Wir haben unsere Debatte vom Teil der Gruppe Obrigada, Senhor Presidente Agradecer naturalmente a Senhora Comissária As informações que nos trouxe e a sua aposta e sobretudo numa área que eu gostaria de salientar aqui que é somas redes ferroviárias transeuropeias Eu penso que é importantíssimo A médio prazo podemos com certeza deixar de fazer viagens de avião e passar a fazê-las de convoy para além de que evitaria certamente as deslocações de muitos cidadãos no seu automóvel próprio, na sua viatura própria e passaríamos a usar o convoy Esta questão em situações que não são de longa distância penso que é de ter em conta porque temos que apostar fortemente na descarbonização temos que apostar fortemente no ambiente e as redes ferroviárias transeuropeias poderão ser uma grande mais valia para atingirmos este objetivo Obrigada, Senhor Presidente Obrigado Let's give the floor now to Commissioner Vallean for her concluding remarks Commissioner of the floor is yours We cannot hear you Commissioner Now you can hear me Yes, yes Thank you very much for your comments and also for taking me to your regions with the comments you have made It's a journey and we need sustainable mobility to get there well again you tackled upon the urban mobility this is very very important and I do believe that I've mentioned and you'll find in all our proposals and in our further action and proposals and recommendations the right instruments to act on this I've mentioned already that there are various programs which are funding of this plans the cities have we have funded already initiatives in cities and regions for greening the public transportation it was mentioned for example that low carbon transport in cities is very important and it is financable by European Union and various instruments we have it's very important to think for example that all the logistics of the city if they would be for example electrified this is very simple of the public transportation then already this is huge and new services emerge for making easier the journeys with sustainable modes inside the city if data is going to be shared so we are looking forward to see this kind of movements in cities and we are ready to support this type of initiatives again some of you raised the worries around the automotive industry because you have important manufacturers in your region as I said understand that and we hope with all the corrective and support programs EU and governments would be able to use so that the impact would be a negative one I'm saying also that there were a lot of calculations made by my colleagues in the European Commission that the benefits of this we have lost your commissioner now you got me back yes you are back okay so saying there are analysis saying that the benefits of this change in policy with more sustainable alternatives for mobility the benefits are greater than than the problems let's put it this way so let's hope this analysis are right and as I said with all the support from the EU and the national governments things will won't be won't have a negative impact of course more sustainable energy for everything inside cities this was mentioned with the example from Sicily rail versus road I wouldn't put any mode of transportation against another but it's true that we are aiming for policies to support more the sustainable ones which are rail and rail and waterways it is something embedded in our objectives and with the European rail with our rail action plan what we are trying to do is by putting a price on the more polluting modes this would incentivize of course and make more competitive the sustainable ones this is one thing sad but then you have to have a look at all the planned investments in the network for rail we have supported from the European Union I don't know percentage is like 70% of our money went for rail infrastructure project of course this is expensive but this is the plan we have we are supporting the development of the network and it's smartening meaning also deployment of digital solution along which would make rail for freight and passengers more competitive than other modes yeah so this is again some of the ideas you will find them in all our proposals and I'm inviting you if you have questions or comments or you need more information to tell us so we can answer you even though we will see probably each other in a while thank you very much president for inviting me today I'm looking forward to continue the cooperation as a committee of regions because this is very important as I said at the beginning you will play a role in the implementation of all policies so that's why it's very important to keep a close cooperation thank you for having me today thank you thank you very much commissioner valiant it has been a great honor to have you with us in our plenary and to discuss this very interesting debate on EU green deal and on sustainable smart mobility in our regions the issues are of great concern of our members as you saw during our debate so thank you very much for giving us the opportunity for any of the members who wish to ask your questions or comments to send it to your office and of course we will be able to speak again soon in some of our future plenaries thank you very much commissioner valiant and dear members colleagues who have contributed to this important debate now dear colleagues we will move to the next item of our agenda I must remind you