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  • #FHYearofChange: What challenges lie ahead for Europe’s transport policy?

    September 17, 2018

    One of the key topics in the transport sector that will be discussed during Europe's Year of Change in 2019 will be the need for alternative energy solutions to reduce emissions. With the European elections coming up in 2019, FleishmanHillard Advisory Board Member Chris Davies explains that Europe will needs to start reducing emissions with its existing technologies, before transforming its system towards full electrification. He also notes that governments and businesses need to provide transitional...

  • Act Two: the Clean Mobility Package

    December 20, 2017

    Last week, we presented our view on the first Mobility Package and analysed the effects of the proposals on Member States and the EU Single Market. About as significant and contentious is the recently published ‘Clean Mobility Package’, the second phase of the overarching Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility also known as the second Mobility Package. Its aim is to help accelerate the transition to low- and zero emissions vehicles, through: A new target for the EU...

  • Your 2017 Transport timeline

    January 25, 2017

    2017 will be the “year of delivery” for EU transport policy. In the coming months, the Commission will finalise and present proposals impacting all transport modes, while the Parliament and the Council will work towards agreements on key files, such as type approval and market surveillance or the review of the EASA Basic Regulation. 2017 will also be the “year of ambition” in order to plan Europe’s transition to a decarbonised transport system. From fuel...