Director-General for Mobility &
#Transport
at
@EU_Commission
. Let’s work together to make transport sustainable, safe, affordable & accessible to all.
My thoughts are with our Ukrainian friends today and every day since the start of Russia’s brutal war of aggression.
Bringing Ukraine & EU closer together remains our priority & we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.
Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
#SolidarityLanes
Happy to start today as
@Transport_EU
Director-General – it’s good to be back!
And big thanks to
@EUAgri
colleagues for the excellent cooperation these past months! I’m looking forward to continue working together – in particular on keeping 🇺🇦grain moving.
#SolidarityLanes
We welcome
@MagdaKopczynska
back to
@Transport_EU
as of today – this time as our Director-General. We’re very happy to have you back!
Thank you to Maja Bakran for your hard work to lead
@Transport_EU
for the past months!
Happy Car-Free Sunday everyone ! 🌞
Having been in Brussels for the last 19 years, I have seen for myself how the day has grown and been embraced by its residents.
On my way 🚴♀️to officially launch
#MobilityWeek
with
@elkevdbrandt
and
@Mobilise_VUB
👉
After 13 happy years at
@Transport_EU
, I’m taking on a new role at
@EUAgri
as Deputy Director-General in charge of units F (Outreach, Research, Geographical Indications) and I (Legal and institutional affairs). Looking forward to working on the future of Europe's agriculture!
Proud to be part of this unique moment. Celebrating a ship sailing entirely on green methanol - a symbol of the change that is coming. Many people came together to make this happen.
#FuelEU
Maritime provides a framework. Other ships will follow the Laura Maersk.
#EUGreenDeal
#SolidarityLanes
meeting today in Galați🇷🇴, with our partners in 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇲🇩🇺🇸.
The recent Russian bombings of 🇺🇦Danube ports are a serious threat to global food security. But we won’t stop finding ways for Ukraine to export goods & to import what it needs.
#StandWithUkraine
🚢Discover more about the future of sustainable
#shipping
at our EU Transport Day event!
#EUatCOP28
Join us for insights on promising technologies, funding opportunities & investment priorities to promote scalability & availability of sustainable fuels.
🔗
I am calling on European towns & cities to partner with Ukrainian cities!
You have already made them feel welcome in 🇪🇺. Now they need your expertise on how to rebuild.
🇺🇦 cities are thinking long term.
If they can, we have to!
#UrbanMobility
Days
#UMD23
Shipping =🔑 to Europe's economy. This is why the sector needs to modernise. Becoming more resilient & sustainable. Last week I joined
@vonderleyen
celebrating a ship sailing entirely on green methanol. A great example of what is possible.
#ESS2023
Excited to kick off EU
#Transport
Day at
#COP28
! 🌍
Join me today for panel discussions on sustainable transport in the 🇪🇺 pavilion & online:
#EUatCOP28
As we are approaching the holidays, I would like to thank all those who are keeping transport moving each & every day, who ensure that presents arrive on time & who bring us all home safely, by 🚆🚍✈️or⛴️.
Thank you for your important work! I wish you a peaceful end of the year!
Brussels people: it's time to get your bikes ready for Car-Free Sunday! 🚲
Looking forward to seeing you this Sunday at the
#MobilityWeek
kick-off event ⬇️
Inspiring meetings w/ committed urban mobility community!
✔️ 🇪🇺 Cycling Declaration well received
✔️ Asked the community to identify mobility priorities & share with us
✔️Constructive reflections on promoting sustainable transport
Looking forward to working together!
#UMD23
On 21 February, we are organising an academic conference in Brussels to discuss no less than the future of
#EUtransport
& mobility – I hope to see you there!
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Our Ukrainian friends are in my thoughts every day and especially today, 2 years after Putin started his war of aggression.
We
#StandWithUkraine
& keeping your imports & exports moving via the
#SolidarityLanes
remains the top priority here at
#EUTransport
!
Meeting 🇳🇬Minister
@fkeyamo
& 🇿🇦Minister Chikunga in the margins of
@ICAO
#CAAF3
⬇️
We share the objective of decarbonising ✈️SAF has potential to create strong economic development, notably in Africa. 🇪🇺 is happy to support the effort!
#GlobalGateway
Arrived at
#COP28
& kicked off with a ministerial on the transport-energy nexus that will deliver climate goals & just transition, organised by
@COP28_UAE
,
@ITF_Forum
&
@IEA
.
Highlighted the good experience we have with industrial alliances on building effective coalitions.
Thank you
@EliisaMalin
for showing is your farm and telling us how you are making carbon capture and biodiversity work! Great visit to Finland, thanks to
@mmm_fi
!
2024 zaczynam od ważnych tematów transportowych. Dziękuję
@MagdaKopczynska
za roboczy, ale bardzo rzeczowy charakter podjętych tematów, min. sytuacji na granicy PL-UA. Zapowiada się owocna współpraca
@MI_GOV_PL
z Dyrekcją Generalną ds. Mobilności i Transportu Komisji Europejskiej
Congratulations to
@Transport_EU
and
@EUClimateAction
teams for making the 2050 global shipping decarbonisation strategy happen today, together with all committed member states! A good day at
@IMOHQ
for
#shipping
. So proud of having been part of this journey!
We support the agreement reached today by
@IMOHQ
to decarbonise shipping fully by 2050. 20% emission reductions by 2030 and 70% by 2040, striving for more in both decades. Also, at least 5% of clean fuels and technologies in the sector by 2030.
⏰Coming up: EU
#UrbanMobility
Days
Join us for 3⃣days of all things urban mobility, with sessions on…
📌Best practices🌍-wide
📌Reconstructing urban mobility in 🇺🇦
📌The Common European Mobility Data Space
📌Funding & financing
& much more!
▶️
#UMD23
Very good news from the 🇵🇱🇺🇦border today! We
#StandWithUkraine
and we will continue working together to keep Ukraine’s exports & imports moving.
#SolidarityLanes
remain our top priority.
The blockade of the Yahodyn-Dorohusk checkpoint by 🇵🇱 protesters is over. Stable truck traffic has been restored since 2 PM. 15 vehicles have crossed into 🇺🇦.
Blocking the most significant cargo crossing point lasted more than a month. During this time, the
@minfrastucture
and
The milestone for global climate action starts today – it’s time to
#ActNow
.
Looking forward to join
#COP28
& I hope to see you at our EU Transport Day on 6 December to dive into the crucial role of transport in fighting climate change.
#EUatCOP28
⏰
#COP28
starts today!
Join us on 6 December for the EU Transport Day: Director-General
@MagdaKopczynska
will kick off the programme at 9:45 GST.
Don't miss the chance to hear her insights on the future of transport!
#EUatCOP28
🔗
'SAF is crucial to decarbonise aviation while offering strong economic development potential. We need to ensure that no country is left behind in this transition. The 🇪🇺 is supporting the effort with capacity building globally, and will continue to do so.'
@ICAO
#CAAF3
This is a very exciting & interesting time for the aviation sector! While there are challenges like tackling capacity, great opportunities lie ahead - such as striving for decarbonisation while ensuring connectivity & competition.
Let's keep up the good cooperation!
#IATAWoCE
I've seen the impact that the EU
#RoadSafety
Exchange can have in helping Member States address their specific challenges. Sharing what works helps save lives.
Every life lost on our roads is one too many – we will publish the final 2022 statistics today.
#VisionZero
The ECSA Board met today in Brussels, discussing
#FitFor55
& strategic competitiveness of
#shipping
industry. Grateful to have
@MagdaKopczynska
with us for a final exchange of views. Thank you Madga for the constructive dialogue and all the best for your new role!
On to 2023🚢⚓️
We will not stop increasing capacity at border crossings & transport connections on the Danube corridor.
#SolidarityLanes
Our goal: grain & other goods flowing in & out of 🇺🇦 smoothly! In Romania, meeting 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇲🇩🇺🇦
Improving connectivity of 🇲🇩&🇺🇦 w/ 🇪🇺for now & for the future.
Discussing EU-Western Balkans transport market integration & upcoming priorities w/
@MZakonjsek
, Director of the Transport Community Secretariat.
Exciting times ahead, with much work still to be done – implementation of EU transport acquis is very much top of TCT agenda.
Met with 🇵🇰Ambassador Amna Baloch
@amnabaloch4
today. Covered key issues such as aviation safety, Europe-Asia connectivity and transport decarbonisation.
Looking forward to opportunities for future collaboration, including on making transport more sustainable globally.
My thoughts are with Ukraine, today and every day since Russia’s brutal invasion.
And every day, the
#SolidarityLanes
are bringing 🇺🇦&🇪🇺closer together, getting food to where it’s needed.
We
#StandWithUkraine
. Слава Україні! 💙💛
Today is the 32nd Ukraine Independence Day.
18 months into an existential fight, Ukraine's people are not only defending their freedom but also writing the future of Europe.
We can never match your sacrifices, but we stand with you, today and in the long run.
#StandWithUkraine
To address decarbonisation & fragmentation in ✈️ we need an ambitious response from the sector for 🇪🇺 to remain a frontrunner in creating & implementing modern technologies & innovative solutions!
@SESAR_JU
is well placed to create the necessary synergies ⬇️
#SJUAnnual23
Fascinating visit to
@BrusselsAirport
@flyingbrussels
. Brussels Airport is a true trailblazer in its sustainability actions, w/ many innovative projects for all operations from airport to airside.
Tomorrow’s airports=greener mobility hubs!
Thank you
@ArnaudFeist
for hosting us!
Discussing social issues in transport w/
@livia_spera
@ETF_Europe
.
Key topics for our future collaboration include labour market developments, working conditions & better enforcement.
Looking forward to our further cooperation!
Happy
#WorldMaritimeDay
!🥳
🧐Want to know more about what 🇪🇺 is doing to make shipping 🚢cleaner, greener, safer & more socially responsible?
Watch our 🆕 video🔽
📺
We have a deal! 🥳
New law will update:
🌊requirements for Port State Control of vessels calling at EU ports
🌊flag State requirements for merchant vessels registered in EU Member States
🐟For safe and clean seas 🐟
Discussing transport reforms & key infrastructure projects with 🇲🇪 Minister of Transportation & Maritime Affairs,
@FilipRadulovic_
. We stand ready to support swifter
#EUTransport
acquis implementation & the timely completion of the
#TEN_T
extension in 🇲🇪!
🌊🚢 Pleasure to host new
@IMOSecGen
in Brussels! Reaffirmed EU's commitment to ambitious decarbonisation measures at IMO. Also discussed Red Sea situation, emphasising support for navigation freedom. Welcome aboard & best wishes on tackling these global challenges head-on!
Happy 30th anniversary
@ESPOSecretariat
& congratulations to all award finalists! 👏 Ports are critical gateways for our external trade & essential nodes in our trans-European transport network
#TEN_T
. Looking forward to new decade of cooperation for resilient & connected ports.
First 🇪🇺🇲🇩Transport Dialogue: Full support for Moldova's European integration journey & strong resolve to face together the shared challenges ahead. Investing in efficient & sustainable
#transport
is the dynamo for economic growth, creating jobs, & connecting people & businesses!
Thanks to colleagues & partners across 🇪🇺 and beyond who are working tirelessly to keep 🇺🇦 exports & imports moving.
#SolidarityLanes
#StandWithUkraine
#SolidarityLanes
are keeping 🇺🇦exports & imports moving.
Since May 2022, they have allowed Ukraine to:
✅export 95 Mt of goods (incl. more than 48Mt of grain/oilseeds etc.)
✅import nearly 34 Mt of goods
▶️
#StandWithUkraine
Shared mobility plays a key role for the green & digital future of
#EUTransport
, by complementing public transport & bridging the first & last mile.
#MobilityStrategy
Thank you
@boltapp
for being part of this fundamental transformation & for sharing your views with me today!
Highly welcome and constructive exchange w/
@TSA
Administrator
@TSA_Pekoske
We confirmed our close 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 cooperation & joint work on transport security to ensure everyone can travel in a safe & secure manner over the Atlantic & beyond.
I look forward to our continued efforts!
Just concluded the "Workshop for the Seafaring Profession." Thanks to everyone who joined us – great to see stakeholders from across the industry & world!
Let’s keep working to future-proof seafarers’ education & improve living & working conditions in the profession.🚢
At
#UMD23
I called on European towns & cities to partner with Ukrainian cities.
Very happy to see the launch of the
@HorizonEU
office in Kyiv & the announcement to double the funding to associate 🇺🇦 cities to the
#MissionCities
project!
🤝Boosting 🇪🇺🇺🇦 cooperation
#HorizonEU
2⃣projects have been selected under a call to involve Ukrainian cities with
#EU
#MissionCities
. This will:
🤝facilitate exchange of up to 20 🇺🇦cities with like-minded 🇪🇺
#MissionCities
🟢help embed climate-neutral goals in reconstruction
👉
2024 will be a crucial year for our Transport Community.
Happy to join today’s TCT Ministerial to discuss progress & priorities. My message was clear:
1. let’s redouble efforts to adopt reforms & implement the EU transport acquis
2. EU is committed to supporting you!
Our annual Ministerial Council Meeting brought together
#WesternBalkans
& Observing Participants' transport ministers to discuss reforms & alignment with EU standards.
Commitment to enhanced connectivity within the region & with the EU was highlighted.
🔗
6th 🇪🇺-ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Dialogue:
Commitment to bring the 🇪🇺 &
@ASEAN
closer together through deeper
#transport
cooperation. Talks covered upcoming sustainable connectivity projects that will help further decarbonise transport.
Thank you
@wernerhoyer
@EIB
for hosting us today. A great opportunity to deepen our cooperation for a common goal: stimulating investment in transport infrastructure to contribute to a sustainable and smart
#TEN_T
network, to create jobs & growth.
#CEFTransport
#MFF
We need all on board to build a socially, economically & environmentally sustainable 🇪🇺 transport system.
To address drivers' shortage, it is important to attract new talent & ensure workers have conditions they deserve.
Looking forward to advancing these together
@ETF_Europe
!
Very pleased to sign High-Level Understandings with Ukraine & Moldova today! This step will bring us literally closer together and I look forward to seeing these improved transport connections materialise.
#StandWithUkraine
Just signed: High-Level Understandings with Ukraine & Moldova to improve transport connections 🤝
✅adapting their indicative
#TEN_T
networks
✅bringing 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇲🇩closer together
➡️
#StandWithUkraine
This year we focus on seafarer's journey "Your voyage - then and now. Share your journey". On the International Day of Seafarer, we applaud seafarers & appreciate their daily contribution to the entire global community.
Thank you 🙏!
#SeafarerJourney
#DayOfTheSeafarer
Thank you 🇺🇸
@USDOT
@ENERGY
colleagues for yesterday's constructive discussions!
We share many ambitions, such as making our transport networks more sustainable, smart and resilient.
I am looking forward to further collaboration!
Deal reached on FuelEU Maritime! 🥳
A new law to cut transport emissions by promoting sustainable fuels in shipping! Putting EU maritime transport on the path to becoming climate neutral by 2050. 🚢
#EUGreenDeal
#MobilityStrategy
Thanks to all partners - it is you that turned
#RLCF
alliance into a key strategic platform for the supply of renewable & low-carbon transport fuels 🚢✈️.
Demand is there. Let's keep up the good work for FuelEU Maritime & RefuelEU Aviation implementation.
#EUGreenDeal
#RLCF
General Assembly:
✔️Impressive work to set pathway for delivery of renewable & low carbon fuels for new ReFuelEU Aviation ✈️& FuelEU Maritime 🚢Regulations
#EUGreenDeal
✔️12 projects have real potential for 🇪🇺 renewable fuels
✔️ chairs re-elected👏
Thank you Secretary General
@JCS_ICAO
for today's meeting.
We confirmed the strong 🇪🇺-
#ICAO
partnership & our shared objectives, including achieving
#NetZero2050
for international aviation. We need the support of an ambitious global SAF framework at
#CAAF3
.
Great to see
@clean_aviation
innovations putting greening of aviation in motion, under the leadership of Axel Krein.
R&I is key in steering ✈️ along a path to a more sustainable future.
Looking forward to our future cooperation!
Meeting w/
@EASA
colleagues⬇️
Thanks to the hard work of its staff,
#EASA
continues to lead efforts in ensuring the highest level of safety in the sky.
Very pleased with selection of Florian Guillermet as the future Executive Director - I look forward to our cooperation!
Taking stock of EU - ASEAN transport relations with
@EU_AseanBC
. Discussing how European companies can increase business while supporting the transition to more sustainable, interoperable and safe transport systems in the region 🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇲🇲🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳
Thanks to EU Chamber of Commerce in China
#EuropeanChamber
& President Eskelund for coming by to discuss the latest transport developments & business environment.
Continued engagement on market access, reciprocity & level-playing field remain critical in the
#transport
domain.
#FuelEU
Maritime will help create demand for cleaner fuels. Implementation will be challenging- from developing adequate port infrastructure & operational safety, to clean fuels supply. But for shipping to have a future, it has to be done. We need to start now, together.
#ESS2023
Thank you
@FAO
for excellent roundtable discussions with ministers and civil society speakers on the importance of integrated approach to water and flood management.
@FAO
Conference 2023
@EUAgri
@eudeleg_rome
There are many areas where maritime technologies and innovation will be a solution. And where better to find out than at
@SMMfair
in Hamburg? Cannot wait!
Sulina channel = crucial for Danube route. Pleased to ‘test’ PRIMUS project for night-time navigation for Sulina.
Co-financed by 🇪🇺 (€15m), an important step towards increasing capacity & making Sulina operational 24/7 - also vital during winter conditions.
#SolidarityLanes
For two years now, the heroic Ukrainian people have been defending their country from the aggressor.
Liberating cities and territories.
Resisting bravely.
Defying all odds.
The
@EU_Commission
adorns the colours of the Ukrainian flag and honors those who defend it.
A strong transatlantic 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 ✈️partnership is key to tackling the challenges & opportunities facing aviation: from sustainability to geopolitical challenges.
It was a pleasure to meet with the International Aviation Club, and I am looking forward to our continued cooperation!
⭐️Deal on cleaner seas🌊⭐️
@EP_Transport
and
@BE2024EU
negotiators reached a deal to extend an existing ban on discharge of oil spills by ships to include sewage and garbage.
Read more 👉
@MarianMarinescu
FLAG OFF 🏁 for the
@UN
-
@JCDecauxGlobal
Global Campaign for Road Safety
Join us to
#MakeASafetyStatement
Together, we can stop traffic crashes that kill 1.35 million people every year🔗
Thank you
@ThomasKazakos
and
@EU_shipping
for kind words today and for all those past years of safe sailing together. At sea you meet 3 times:) 🇪🇺⚓️🚢🛳️
@MagdaKopczynska
EU DG MOVE Director “farewell” address at
@EU_shipping
BOD now in Brussels! Frank, Constructive, Knowledgeable “EU Commision Shipping Amb/r”! Will be missed & hope our “sea” paths will again cross soon 🚢🇪🇺⚓️
EU support to
#Ukraine
is total and unwavering. The 🇪🇺 is committed to upholding international law and our values, to supporting Ukraine here, now, and the future, and to ensuring that those who are most in need have access to food.
#StandWithUkraine
#GrainFromUkraine
It's tomorrow!
On June 30 we meet with the
@_AfricanUnion
to discuss:
🌍 Sustainable investment in agri-food systems
🌍 R&I
🌍 Climate resilience
🌍 Regional trade integration
and more!
📽️ Follow live from 14:30 CEST ⬇️
Already looking forward to our next
#Trilogue
discussion on
#FuelEU
- we need to have an ambitious legal framework for alternative fuels in shipping in place fast!
#TRILOGUE
| ⛴️ Container ships full of goods are a key part of many economies, including ours.
#Fitfor55
aims to make the sector more sustainable.
The first trilogue on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport (
#FuelEU
Maritime) has just started.
#EU2022CZ
My priorities for a fully compliant
#RoadTransport
sector:
✅increase awareness about the rules
✅shift from random/manual controls to targeted/data-based checks
✅enhance cooperation to weed out rule-breakers from the market
Thanks
@EU2024BE
for organising this important event!
There have been challenges but the 🇪🇺🇺🇦
#SolidarityLanes
have delivered & continue to do so: between May 2022 & October 2023, they allowed
#Ukraine
to export nearly 61Mt of agricultural products, including more than 55Mt of grain/oilseeds etc.
We need 🇪🇺 ports onboard for energy transition, connectivity, and for a smooth and functioning transport flow in the EU and beyond. Have a good
#ESPOconf2022
today!
@ESPOSecretariat
🌱🔬 Register for the
#AgriResearch
conference!
Come discuss research and innovation in agriculture with farmers, scientists, policymakers and NGOs from all across Europe.
📆 31 May - 1 June
📍 Brussels
@WSC_shipping
@IlvesOtto
Thank you
@WSC_shipping
and congratulations on your new home in Brussels. Looking forward to many interesting discussions on shipping and beyond!
Wishing a happy 2⃣0⃣ anniversary to
@EMSA_EU
🎉
Two decades of supporting 🇪🇺 Member States in maritime
#sustainability
, surveillance, safety & security!
Tune in & join me tomorrow for 2 day discussions on the future of shipping ⤵️
🥳Happy 2⃣0⃣ anniversary
@EMSA_EU
!
Tune in tomorrow and join
@AdinaValean
, DG Hololei, and
@MagdaKopczynska
for 2 days full of discussions about the future of safe and sustainable shipping. 🚢🌊
👇
Good discussions today with
@PortOfRotterdam
@AdinaValean
🚢 Challenges of energy transition for the port and port users were on the agenda, including an interesting visit to 🇪🇺 Europe’s biggest fully automatic container terminal.
#portofRotterdam
Excellent visit to Port of Rotterdam to discuss the challenges and opportunities in developing a hydrogen economy and efficient logistics chains, role of digitalisation and automation in shipping operations and solutions for greening maritime transport.
@RotterdamHaven