ONEWAY TICKET TO AN INTEGRATED EUROPE

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• ONE-WAY TICKET TO AN INTEGRATED EUROPE

byETHEM PEKIN
may, 14
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OUTLINE

• A. TRANSPORTATION
• Transportation Modes
• European Transport Trends

• B. TENs
• Some History
• Why TENs?
• Overview of the Projects
• A Critical Analysis
• High-Level Group

• C. CONCLUSIONS

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A. TRANSPORTATION

• Panta rei
• Heraclitus BC 536

• Transport is a key element in generating
  economic progress through trade and labour
  mobility.

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I. Transportation Modes

• ROAD
• RAILWAY
• AIR
• SEA
• INLAND-WATER WAYS

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II. European Transport Trends
Boom in transport of both passengers and the
freight

• Changes in
• Economic Activity
• Family Structure
• Lifestyle
• Car Ownership
• Transport Infrastructure

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B. TENs

• the trans-European transport network
  accelerates the establishment of the internal
  market, links peripheral regions to the heart of
  the European Union and opens Europe to
  neighbouring countries.

Loyola de Palacio
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I. Some History

• SEA 1986
• MAASTRICHT 1992
• WHITE PAPER 1992
• COPENHAGEN EUROPEAN COUNCIL 1993
• ESSEN EUROPEAN COUNCIL 1994

• GUIDELINES 1996
• AGENDA 2000
• GOTHENBURG EUROPEAN COUNCIL 2001
• WHITE PAPER 2001
• HIGH LEVEL GROUP 2003

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II. Why TENs?

• LINK ALL EU COUNTIRES
• INTEROPERABILITY
• INTERMODALITY
• INTERCONNECTIVITY

• PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE IN ORGANIZATION
  STRUCTURES
• CREATE JOBS

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III. Overview of the Projects
Priority projects adopted in 1996

• High-speed train/combined transport north-south
• High-speed train PBKAL
• High-speed train south
• High-speed train east
• Conventional rail/combined transport Betuwe line
• High-speed train/combined transport France-Italy
• Greek motorways Pathe and Via Egnatia
• Multimodal link Portugal-Spain-Central Europe
• Conventional rail link Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Larne-S
  tranraer
• Malpensa airport Milan
• Oresund fixed rail/road link Denmark-Sweden
• Nordic triangle rail/road
• Ireland/UK/Benelux road link
• West coast main line

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III. Overview of the Projects
Priority projects proposed in 2001

• Global navigation and positioning satellite
  system Galileo
• High-capacity rail link across the Pyrenees
• Eastern European combined transport/high-speed
  train
• Danube river improvement Vilshofen-Straubing
• High-speed rail interoperability Germany-Denmark

Extensions
1. High-speed train/combined transport
north-south (Verona-Naples
Bologno-Milan? 3. High-speed train South
(Montpellier-Nimes)
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IV. A Critical Analysis

• Economic effects of TENs
• Regional Development
• Balance between transportation modes

• Project selection
• Representation of important cross-border
  connections
• Essen projects

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V. High-Level Group

• Karel Van Miert High-Level Group
• A new approach to implement the TEN-T Network
• June 2003 Report

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C. CONCLUSIONS

• The desire of a common European Transport Policy
  since the Treaty of Rome
• Physical integration throughout the Union with 25
  Member States
• European Interests vs. National Interests

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Thank you for your listening
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