Hoorzitting nieuwe Eurocommissaris vervoer Antonio Tajani (Italië) (en)

At a hearing before MEPs on Monday, Antonio Tajani i, the Italian Commissioner-designate for transport, faced around three hours of questions on issues ranging from state subsidies for airlines through trans-European rail-freight corridors to port infrastructure and piracy in EU waters. He promised to press Member States to invest more in trans-European infrastructure projects and to ensure air passengers' rights under EU law are fully respected.

A full summary of the hearing will be published on Tuesday morning.

The hearing was organised by the Transport Committee, with participation from the Budgets Committee. On Tuesday morning, the MEPs involved will draw up a letter of evaluation, which will be considered by Parliament's political group leaders in the Conference of Presidents in the afternoon, after which it will be made public. The plenary session will vote on Wednesday on whether to support Mr Tajani's appointment.

16/06/2008

Chair, Transport and Tourism Committee : Paolo Costa (ALDE, IT)

The hearing was organised by the Committee on Transport and Tourism, with participation from the Committee on Budgets.