Forty-four European transport sector associations have urged the institutions of the European Union to allocate more financial resources for the sector, as this is strategic importance to respond to geostrategic challenges, Europe's environmental and capacity as demonstrated by the highlighted - recent and ongoing crises. 'If Europe wants to Strengthen your resilience, be a leader in the transition towards zero-emission energy and, finally, completing the grid trans-European transport - underlined in a statement - must translate his words into deeds and reflect these ambitions in the new EU transport budget'.

'The significant and excess number of applications in the context of the of the current amount allocated by the Connecting Europe programme Facilities to the transport sector - the 44 associations - once again highlights that the ambitions and challenges are high, but they are not met with what is necessary support from the EU. The Conclusion for Leaders and Politicians European standards should be clear: this is Europe's time to reverse the trend of underfunding of the transport sector and to raise the bar. An even more for the transport sector, or a similar financing, is the best guarantee to provide a high level of added value to the EU, to promote a level playing field throughout Europe and to enable investment without regret."

On the occasion of today's Communication, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) recalled that in the decade 2024-2034 investment in European ports amounts to more than €80 billion, mainly 26% of which will be allocated to the expansion of port areas, quays and terminals, 24% to the construction of necessary infrastructures and services for the energy transition of ports and activities 10% to the improvement of maritime access, 8% to infrastructure to improve the movement of goods within ports and 7% for the purchase of equipment and to the construction of superstructures.

The joint communiqué was signed by ACI Europe, ARDAN, ASECAP, CER, CLECAT, CLIA Europe, COCERAL, CPMR, EBU, ECASBA, ECG, ECSA, EFIP, EIM, EIT UM, EMPA, EMTA, ERF, ERFA, ESC, ESO, ESPO, ESPORG, ETA, ETF, EuDA, Eurocities, Europlatforms, FEPORT, FERRMED, FIEC, INE, IRU, IWI, IWTP, POLIS, SEA Europe, UETR, UIP, UIRR, UITP, UNIFE, UNISTOCK and Waterborne.