12 December 2018
On 12 December the European Parliament adopted its final position on the TRAN/ITRE report from Rapporteurs Marinescu, Telička and Virrkkunen on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the 2021-2027 period, the so-called "CEF II”.
FEPORT welcomes the proposed expanded budget for transport by €7bn to a total of €33.51bn (in constant prices).
The rapporteurs have produced huge and appreciated efforts to improve and expand the Commission’s proposal.
The European Parliament and the European Council are expected to enter into inter-institutional negotiations in early 2019 under the Romanian presidency of the Council.