๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of Europe exceeds 66 million, or 15% of the EU total.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฅ๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ play a crucial role in supplying foodstuffs, other daily necessities and various industrial products used on islands. On the return legs, the same loading units carry island products to mainland markets.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ -- was the agreed output of the meeting.
The breakfast debate in the European Parliament brought together
๐ MEPs Daniel Attard, Agius Peter, Cynthia Nรญ Mhurchรบ MEP and Alex Saliba, as well as several MEP assistants, and transport attachรฉs from Malta and the Czech Republic with
๐ the Board of Directors of UIRR consisting of Combined Transport operators and terminal managers, alongside rail traction service providers [ERFA-European Rail Freight Association - Maria PRICE, DPhil (Oxon)], shippers [the Maltese association ATTO - Tony Mifsud and CLECAT - Nicolette van der Jagt] and shortsea intermodal stakeholders [Port of Genoa - Emanuele Profice and the European Shortsea Network].
Thanks to all the speakers, contributors and to the host, Daniel Attard, and his assistant, Attila Benedek, for the spotless organisation