Commission attempts to balance transport and environmental needs

The Commission’s updated Europe’s transport policy seeks to improve citizens’ mobility and boost competitiveness, while keeping down energy consumption and reducing the negative impacts on the environment.

Transport is responsible for 71% of oil consumption and for 26% of CO2 emissions. In order to reduce Europe’s dependency on oil and make transport more sustainable, the commission will present a strategic technology plan for energy use in transport in 2007 and will launch a programme on ‘green-powered vehicles’ in 2009.
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