Transportation, travelling

EU-wide rules for safety of drones approved by European Parliament

12-06-2018

MEPs approved an agreement reached between Council and Parliament negotiators in November 2017 on EU-wide principles for drones and drone operators to ensure a common level of safety and give operators and manufacturers the predictability to develop...

DiscoverEU: 15,000 travel passes up for grabs to explore the EU this summer

11-06-2018

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

08-06-2018

Europe on the Move: Commission completes its agenda for safe, clean and connected mobility

17-05-2018

The Juncker Commission is undertaking the third and final set of actions to modernise Europe's transport system. The objective is to allow all Europeans to benefit from safer traffic, less polluting vehicles and more advanced technological...

Road Safety: Data show improvements in 2017 but renewed efforts are needed for further substantial progress

10-04-2018

The preliminary 2017 road safety statistics released today by the Commission show, for the second year in a row, a decrease in the number of fatalities of around 2%.

Uber is covered by services in the field of transport

20-12-2017

The European Court of Justice finds that that intermediation service must be regarded as forming an integral part of an overall service whose main component is a transport service and, accordingly, must be classified not as ‘an information society...

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

18-12-2017

The Council agreed its negotiating positions on four legislative proposals of the Clean energy package. This is an important step towards implementing the Energy Union strategy and reaching the European Union's 2030 energy and climate goals. 

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

05-12-2017

The Council also adopted three sets of conclusions: on the progress in trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for transport; digitalisation of transport; and the mid-term evaluation of the Galileo, EGNOS...

The European Union is stepping up efforts to improve military mobility

10-11-2017

As part of the drive to better protect citizens and improve the Union's security environment, the European Commission and the High Representative are proposing a number of actions to improving military mobility within the European Union.

Energy Union: Commission takes action to reinforce EU's global leadership in clean vehicles

08-11-2017

The Commission proposes new targets for the EU fleet wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans to help accelerate the transition to low- and zero emission vehicles. 

Strengthening security checks at Europe’s borders

25-10-2017

A common electronic system to speed up checks at the Schengen area’s external borders and to register all non-EU travellers was backed by Parliament.

Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

24-10-2017

In line with the European Council conclusions of 19 October, the Council held a policy debate on speeding up work on the digital single market to ensure its completion by the end of 2018. Ministers also held a policy debate on the EU's response to...