The International Road Transport Union (IRU) on the EU and national authorities to keep key trade routes open, as farm blockades across Europe become more commonplace.

The road transport sector is strongly concerned that additional border control measures introduced by Bulgaria and Romania to fight irregular migration are having disproportionately negative consequences on goods transport and trade.

The International Road Transport Union (IRU), the world road transport organisation, has called on EU Member States to firmly reject the European Parliament’s proposal to impose mandatory purchasing targets for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles on transport operators.

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has outlined how the TIR system can drive decarbonisation.

The IRU and ITF have reinforced their commitment to drive a just transition and improve the accessibility and attractiveness of the commercial driver profession with a Just Transition for Transport pledge.

Despite hopes to the contrary, the European Commission’s long-overdue legislative proposal to amend the Combined Transport Directive could harm efficient intermodal cooperation, instead of boosting it, due to the ambiguous incentive framework for combined and intermodal freight.

The Italian government has confirmed its intention to take Austria to court over the Brenner impasse, which has been crippling goods transport and the users of road, rail and combined transport for many years.

The European Commission has launched a more flexible funding call for safe and secure parking across the European Union.