G7: MERMEC urges EU to prioritise the ERTMS railway signalling system
July 17 2024 - 6:47AM
UK Regulatory
G7: MERMEC urges EU to prioritise the ERTMS railway signalling
system
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MILAN, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the G7 Trade
Ministers’ Meeting taking place in Reggio Calabria, the President
of the MERMEC Group and Angel Holding, Vito Pertosa, urged future
leaders of the European Union to promote the ERTMS railway
signalling system, in the context of green transport.
“I would like to pose a question to the European Commissioner
Valdis Dombrovskis and at the same time express my hope,” said the
President of the MERMEC Group and Angel Holding, Vito Pertosa,
speaking today at the G7 Industry Stakeholders Conference in Reggio
Calabria, an official side event to the G7 Trade Ministers’
Meeting. “The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS),” he
continued, “which is no longer just a European but an international
standard, is still struggling to spread widely, despite having
achieved all the goals hoped for at this time: environmental
sustainability, because it is green; social sustainability, because
it brings people and goods closer together and costs less for those
lagging behind in technology, and because there is less excavation
work and faster implementation. It also increases GDP by focusing
on infrastructure. It increases the frequency of trains on the same
route with total safety, elevates the technological level and
significantly simplifies the transit of trains between countries.”
“We therefore hope that the centrality of this programme will be
reaffirmed in the inaugural speech of the future President of the
European Commission,” concluded Pertosa.
In response, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis stated:
“Interesting observation by President Pertosa, which I will bring
to the attention of the Directorate-General for Mobility and
Transport (DG Move).”
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