Vivien COSTANZO

What Vivien COSTANZO has said (14)

• “Thank you. Thanks again for your presentation. The ambitious agenda. I would like to pick up Johan Daniel's question on combined transport. We listened a lot today about weight and dimensions, and my questions would be again for the combined transport. If you have any concrete plans for this for the next months. And second question to be short about rail. I missed a bit the focus on rail in your presentation. So what are your specific focus on rail for the next months?”
  EU support of rail transport
• “Thank you very much. The world is electric and the European car manufacturers are aware of this. They've invested millions in electric cars. That's why we need these measures. Let's not forget that 13.8 million jobs are in that sector. But what we're not talking about is having the internal combustion engine. Yes or no? No, that's not what it is. Maybe the right wants to see it like that. But it's about having incentives, for example, having certification for corporate fleets. Three quarters of new registered cars are corporate cars. We can make things cheaper for everybody. We need to have a far reaching view of things. Quotas are not going to help. So we need obligations, but also the certainty that that investment is worthwhile. Traditional internal combustion engines will start receding into the past. They're not going to save jobs. They destroy.”
  Corporate fleet electrification: binding zero-emission quotas vs. voluntary approach · Road transport environmental policy
• “At the end of the afternoon, it's great to see everybody agreeing. I'll try and be brief. I'm a little bit skeptical. I think security was the main barrier. There are practical points, and so that's why we're going for this targeted exception for the SLDs. So you don't need any flat rate reduction. You need to look at proportionate adaptation to what's there on the road. Because of that balanced approach, we're looking forward to agreeing on the omnibus.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Yes. Sorry. Sorry. I was just, listening to Francois. Was, yeah. Thanks for your input and your statements. I would like to continue in German. Let me start more generally. The rapporteur weren't able to, weren't able to agree on a starting point. I think this is a good signal. I think we need to cooperate constructively. So what's important for me would be, what is the aim of these, this set of rules? And I think the aim isn't to call into question the aims or targets to, water them down. We need to look at making sure things are affordable, that people have access to them. As S and D, for me, in Tran, doing away with security and standards is not the right way forward. They, we need to push for push them forward and making make sure they can may they can work properly. So we need to work, without any sort of dogma, and we have to look at which rules are extremely complicated and which are useful for consumers and, companies. Tackographs, where do we need them? Where don't we need them? Where do we need to adjust the weights? Where can we simplify things? I think, that's what we're gonna be arguing about. We'll find a solution.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “(10:26:46 – 10:28:31): You started talking about a starting point. So it's excellent that we're starting things today. Last night went a bit late, but still. What's important for me at the beginning is to show the commission proposal isn't changing the aims, so rather changing the pathways. What we've been discussing here for a long time. I agree with you when it comes to car manufacturers. We also have to talk about to councils in in in companies. We need investment. We need more time and flexibility. And that means time, yes, but no new aims. So moving away from combustion engine, yes. Okay. We need to look in the, details. Looking at your report, what I think is great at first glance, then I read a bit more in detail, and I have a few questions. What you see is, lots of lecture mobility is left to 1 side. We've had debates, discussions. We'll talk about the different percentages. The original aim we agreed on, is still there, but it's still far in the future. As SMBs, this is the main point. How can we make sure we have good jobs and not just hide behind percentages? So how will we get to a compromise at a political level? Fuels, as you know, we are critical. Green steel made in The UK, flexibility, okay, but then compensation. But let's be, serious. Let's get started negotiating, see what we can achieve and try and come up with something that's good and not just, not just to, look away when it comes to creating proper jobs. Thank you.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Um, thank you for taking your time to discuss with us. And of course, congratulations on your upcoming new role. I would like to raise one point regarding the so-called missing links within the ten-t studies, such as the one by the EU Commission on Missing Links in 2018, show how important it is to close gaps across borders in European rail transport. Closing exactly this missing links is, in my opinion, crucial to improving local people's People, cross-border mobility, and strengthening economic and trade relations. However, these standards are too high for these regions to co-fund the gap. As a result, projects such as Freiburg I'm living in Freiburg, so it's really like this big issue in this area to not receive European funding. My question is, will you, as a Future ERA Executive director, commit to the closure of these missing links, and would you be willing to take this into account in the upcoming MFF negotiations so that people's cross-border mobility can be further simplified? And second, from your perspective, how should such a fund, especially for missing links be created? And how could the error, together with the European Parliament, support the Commission in developing this new fund?”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “I would like to talk in German. Um, so. You were saying that it's not really that attractive? Um. There was a, uh. The problem is raising the attractiveness of the sector. And this is something that the, uh, unions have drawn attention to. Now, the medium and long term solutions are in place. But what about in the shorter term? What could we do to improve things in the very short term? Secondly, another important point you mentioned, which is something that strikes drivers, is the dovetailing of the different levels, European and national, etc.. Can we improve cooperation between those levels? That would be to the benefit of drivers, to we can actually make sure that their load is lessened somewhat.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “Well, you showed us the map at the start, and you could see that blank area for Europe. We heard about American and Chinese players taking over. So my question really is what can we do concretely? What kind of measures do we need to support European players and what kind of timetable are we talking about? Thank you.”
  EU digital & tech sovereignty
• “Thank you. Yeah. In contrast to you, Jens, I don't have a possibility to charge at home, but I'm driving a fully electric car. And I'm living in a city center, so I know these problems, and I know quite well what you presented right now. But I also know there's the excess is not the problem. It's more or less the transparency and to understand the different ways of pricing. And, you know, I'm registered, once I'm paying 39 cents, and then I forget my card, and then I have to pay 89 cents. This is something you cannot explain to the consumer, and this is the big problem. And that's why my question would, like, pick up your point and would just be what measures can ensure that this public charging can be truly transparent for the consumer. Because for me, it was quite hard to convince the OEM to or the, to think to sell me the car because they said you don't have a home you don't have access to home charging. You're living in a city center. You're driving a lot. How do you want to get along in your daily life with it? And I can tell you it's possible. It's working, but it could be much easier for the people.”
  EV charging infrastructure
• “I was very pleased to hear your presentation and all of your numbers, which all sound very good. Mr. Kesecker himself has just mentioned some of the most critical points. And here I'd like to start with passenger vehicles. We've got certain countries which have got very good infrastructure, like Belgium and Germany, but which have got quite poor kind of distribution. And we know there are certain places on the edges of the EU where there isn't a lot of infrastructure. And so how are we planning on resolving that? And then my second point is on prices now for consumers, when they're looking at whether they have a conventional fuel or an alternative fuel vehicle, they're always looking at the numbers of this. And so I was wondering how you plan on making this more user friendly, particularly the access to the numbers, working out where everything is and helping consumers. Also, on the extension of the infrastructure, we heard the targets that you've got. How are you planning on actually achieving these objectives, rather than just having to postpone them and push that down the road specifically for certain member states? And then on enforcement, do you think here we're doing enough to ensure that we are actually going to have enough HGV charging infrastructure in the future? Thank you.”
  EV charging infrastructure
• “Thank you very much. You talked about competitiveness just now. So you talked about competitiveness. And it just made me remember what Ursula von der Leyen said, saying that we need our businesses to be more competitive and we know just how important transport and logistics are in that. So when I was preparing this, there is the directive on goods transport that doesn't meet the needs of the market. And there are eight key points that need to be tackled. And I think it's all pretty self-explanatory. We know what needs to be done. And so I really don't understand why the this whole issue is has been chucked out of the commission programme quietly. Kind of. And I don't understand why that's going on. It raises some questions for me. The first question on the definitions that you've already touched on, that you talked about an actual purpose based definition and then the data as well that you're going to use. So my question is, how are we going to make sure that we generate the right data and make it accessible. That would be needed then by the sector. Thirdly, how are we going to tackle those main challenges, infrastructure financing or gaps in regulation? And fourth, what are the main instruments that would be effective in shifting goods transport from roads to the railways? Thank you.”
  EU support of rail transport
• “And let's make sure that all consumers, no matter their background, can understand and access their rights clearly and easily. But to move forward, we must do more than just protect. We must enable. Let's promote a multimodal mindset. That means making sure users can access real time, accurate information, their journey, opinions, options, and a data sharing rules work in practice, not just on the paper. That includes average connection times at hubs, not just best case scenarios. We must also ensure the sector becomes more competitive and sustainable. Today, there is little incentive for providers to offer multi-modal tickets even though demand is there. We must stimulate supply and remove the barriers that make seamless travel so difficult. Finally, enforcement must be simple and strong. The work on this file provides us with the chance to modernize Europe's transport system, to make it more connected, more inclusive, and more just. Let's say that chance with ambition and clarity. I want to thank the rapporteur and his team for his collaboration and the work already done, and I'm looking forward to our upcoming meetings.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “Dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, the amount of question on the automotive dialogue shows how important this issue is for the European Union. And I don't want to repeat all the facts because the facts are well known. But just to keep in mind, in my region in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, one out of four jobs is affected in this sector. That's why this dialogue you mentioned is so important and so crucial for the automotive sector. My question is, therefore, how will the Parliament and especially the Tran committee be involved in this dialogue? Second, you also already mentioned the corporate fleets. Today, six out of ten new cars are registered by companies. Yet the sector is electrifying slower than the private market. Corporate fleets such as company cars and rental cars must be increasingly converted to zero emission vehicles in the long term. We all know the benefits of greening the corporate fleets, especially regarding the aftermarket, and therefore also for consumers in the emission. Indeed, there was already the call for a legislative proposal for green corporate fleets. That's why my question is, will this be part of the automotive strategy released later in March? Do you already have an idea about the scope of the proposal? In particular, will it cover also vans and trucks beside company kinds cars, and if so, what's the concrete timeline?”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “(16:45:12 – 16:45:40): Thank you. The report describes ambitious goals in the urban mobility plans, and my question would be, how can we make sure already very limited budgets of the local governments do not prevent reaching these goals? And second, rising transport mobility costs can lead to transport poverty in many areas. At the same time, high housing prices are forcing many people out of the cities. So how can mobility plans be linked with strategies for affordable housing?”
  Road transport environmental policy