The Commission will on Wednesday present a progress report for the Madrid European Council on the TransEuropean energy, telecoms and transport networks. Neil Kinnock, the Commissioner responsible for transport policy today urged governments to come up with fresh funding, particularly in
the light of fresh research showing that the socio-economic benefits of TE
Ns are greater than previously thought Neil KINNOCK, the Commissioner responsible for transport policy urged national governments to "ma
...[+++]ke good their declared intention to turn European's transport patchwork into a proper network of interconnecting systems," warning that without new formulas for extra financing the TransEuropean transport, energy and telecoms links would not get built.
Neil Kinnock, le Commissaire responsable pour la politique des transports, a insisté pour que les gouvernements nationaux "concrétisent l'ngagement qu'ils ont pris de transformer le patchwork actuel des transports européens en un véritable réseau de systèmes interconnectés". Il a en outre lancé l'avertissement suivant : sans nouvelles formules de financement complémentaire, les liaisons transeuropéennes en matière de transports, d'énergie et de télécommunications ne seront pas construites.