Policy area: Transport policy
Increased rail traffic can both reduce the climate impact and strengthen Europe’s economy. In that light, it is welcome that the EU Commission now wants to set ambitious targets. But cross-border rail traffic is a complex issue with many pitfalls. In a new proposal, the commission seeks solutions to known problems. However, Europaforum Norra Sweden wonders how a lagging railway network will cope with the increased load – and who will take responsibility for making it work.
On Tuesday, February 1, the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Baltic Sea Commission and North Sea Commission organised a joint webinar on how the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) can contribute to sustainable and economic growth in northern Europe. The hybrid event, which was broadcasted from North Sweden’s office in Brussels, had the pleasure of welcoming three members of the European Parliament (MEP) - Mr Jakop Dalunde and Ms Henna Virkkunen in person, and Mr Erik Bergkvist joining us online.
The political network Europaforum Northern Sweden has adopted a position paper on the EU’s new Arctic policy launched on October the 13th 2021. Europaforum Northern Sweden welcomes the policy but underlines that the Arctic needs to be embraced by the EU in a greater holistic manner than the new policy manages to deliver.
On the 1-2 October, the EU train Connecting Europe Express rolled through Sweden with high-level officials from the EU. The Swedish Bothnian Corridor collaboration participated and arranged seminars and meetings. Pat Cox, coordinator of the EU-Scandinavian-Mediterranean core network corridor, stated among other things that the Bothnian Corridor is a very important and strategic project that creates great European added value.
On 18 March, the Swedish government decided to approve five infrastructure projects for further application to the EU Fund for the Interconnected Europe Fund (CEF), four of which are within the Bothnian Corridor – located in northern Sweden.
11 Mar 2021 The Nordic countries - a model in the transition to climate neutrality, says the European Commission
03 Mar 2021 New East Coast Line in high-level meeting with the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor
03 Mar 2021 The extension of the European core network corridors from a Nordic perspective
16 Feb 2021 North Sweden’s contribution to the European Parliament's study on transport infrastructure in the EU's low density- and depopulation areas
18 Dec 2019 North Sweden gathered in force with big regional stakeholder meeting in Brussels
06 Dec 2019 Roundtable discussion on future EU transport policy
16 Oct 2019 Deficiencies in infrastructure lower Northern Sweden's competitiveness
21 Nov 2018 Frederic Versini’s Visit to Luleå November 7-8, 2018
28 Aug 2018 National Transport Plan for 2018-2029
01 Jun 2018 Swedish Government go to build the North Bothnia Line
22 Mar 2018 A milestone - ScanMed corridor to be extended to northern Sweden
18 Oct 2017 North Sweden seminar on the TEN-T and Core Network Corridors at the European Parliament
31 Aug 2017 Welcome About us Contact us Press release - Construction of North Bothia Line
29 Jun 2017 Pat Cox will visit Almedalen Political Week 2017
27 Apr 2017 Norrbotten and Västerbotten meet EU transoprt infrastrucutre representatives
27 Mar 2017 New activities launched at the railways sections in Northern Sweden
28 Feb 2017 Europaforum Northern Sweden adopts position CEF
10 Jun 2016 Pat Cox high-level visit to Northern Sweden
04 Jan 2016 SSAB - A highly specialized steel company
07 Dec 2015 The Connection between Europe and the Arctic
02 Dec 2015 Boliden - one of the world's largest mining and smelting companies
09 Feb 2015 The Future of navigation in the North 2015
24 Nov 2014 NSPA seminar on "Transport infrastructure in the European Arctic"
12 Nov 2014 The Silver Road Corridor - strengthening regional cooperation
10 Nov 2014 The Arctic on the agenda during NSPA’s forum in Bodø
23 Oct 2014 Sustainable mining in Northern Sweden
