EU parliamentary election candidates in favour of night trains

yes

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Improve air quality

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Sometimes

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

I will act to liberalise further in order to increase competition between operators.

Whenever they are available.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

I will be using train for traveling around Europe. If elected as MEP

I will make it a priority to roll out all necessary tools for us to succeed in making traveling with train the best and easiest option for us all. It’s at the top of my to do-list. All the best, Petar Socevic from Denmark

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

Frequently

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Sometimes

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

Enabling better train travel also include working on vastly improving Internet and conditions so work can be done on trains. Have meetings, be online, write, talk – we need to be able to do more on trains than just sit and watch the nature pass by (though this is very nice too!)

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

I will give priority to air transport.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

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yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Sometimes

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

Whenever they are available.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Sometimes

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

yes

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

yes

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

We urgently need railways connections from Portugal to the rest of Europe, as we used to have some years ago.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I will act to liberalise further in order to increase competition between operators.

Whenever they are available.

7) Reunifying the rail sectors by promoting operators that work in all the activities (commerce, people transport, etc.) & give some time to the ones that not to improve the expansion of their services, while these, we”ll mantain the liberalisation of competition between these operators that offer a complete package of services. In order to fight climate changes, we need to have the maximum of services working on railways. We don’t have to choose between activities, but invest in the sector in order to gave him the capacities to support all of the avaiable services.

yes

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I will act to liberalise further in order to increase competition between operators.

Whenever they are available.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

I will act to liberalise further in order to increase competition between operators.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

Sometimes

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

Portugal has a unique situation where the unionized CP workers ( with connections to local communist party) have stoped european connected night trains to land in lisbon. It has not allowed spanish operators to connect both countries. We need to improve fair competition before we can unify the railway.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Whenever they are available.

Frequently

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Improve air quality

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

I will take action to build new high-speed infrastructure, giving it priority over the regeneration of the existing rail network.

I will give priority to funding the construction of roads and motorways.

I will give priority to air transport.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

From our manifest: Fair climate change. The climate emergency declared by the EU Parliament in 2019 must be immediately followed up with a concrete and radical political action program. Which includes a fair carbon budget, faster emission reductions (where member countries’ consumption is included), rapid phase-out of all fossil subsidies, climate taxes with dividends to those who need it most, climate tariffs, reduced energy use, measures for expanded local production of food and renewable energy, as well as scenarios for a controlled and fair economic decline. The transition must take place from a perspective of justice and include economic redistribution both within the EU and globally.

yes

There is currently a shortage of rolling stock for night trains across Europe. The lack of rolling stock appears to be the main obstacle to relaunching the activity. I am going to promote EU co-financing for the construction of rolling stock for night trains.

Night trains cover long distances and therefore pay high rail tolls, even though they are struggling to break even. Directive 2012/34 stipulates that tolls must not exclude market segments that can at least pay the cost they generate (marginal cost). I will promote the reduction of tolls to marginal cost for night trains throughout the EU, as some Member States have already done.

At present, the EU funds new infrastructure for high-speed rail, but does not subsidise night trains. What’s more, the EU is restricting the scope for Member States to subsidise their operations, for example by banning "Public Service Obligation" (PSO) subsidies for the part of the route outside their national territory. I will be campaigning for the EU to authorise Member States to fund the operation of night trains on all their routes.

Booking an international train ticket is often complicated, especially if it includes a connection between two trains from different operators.
What actions will you promote for European rail passenger rights?

I will work to simplify the booking of international tickets including different operators.

I will work to put in place routing guarantees in the event of delays or missed connections, and by asking operators to cooperate in routing passengers on the first train of any operator with seats available.

Which major benefits do you think switching to night trains will bring?

Enable young people and everyone to travel in Europe, with low-carbon mobility

Better connect all regions with regional and long-distance trains

Reduce transport noise in urban areas

Improve air quality

Reduce soil artificialisation and sealing by making use of the already existing rail network

Reduce CO2 emissions

Reduce energy consumption and move towards energy independence for Europe

Promote the European rail industry

I will ask for an assessment of the externalities of the different modes of transport, to inform the terms of the debate.

I will promote a "polluter pays" type of taxation policy to restore the balance of competition between modes of transport, by penalising the negative externalities of air and road transport and valuing the positive externalities of rail transport.

Night trains virtually disappeared in the 2010s, partly because of competition from low-cost aviation. For the moment, within the EU, the “polluter pays” principle does not apply to passenger transport. Kerosene tax and VAT on international air tickets are at 0%.

Will you act to balance out the competition, so that night trains can survive in the face of the tax breaks offered by air travel?

I will take action to abolish the tax exemption on kerosene.

I will take action to ensure that taxes on the energy consumed by trains are reduced to a level lower than or equal to that on aviation (currently 0%).

I will act to abolish the VAT exemption on intra-European air tickets.

Rail tickets are often too expensive. I will act to promote local and European tourism by reducing VAT on rail travel (national and European routes), if possible to below the level of VAT on intra-European air tickets (currently 0%).

While the implementation of a tax on kerosene is pending

I will promote a tax on airline tickets, which will make it possible to finance sustainable transport that is affected by low-cost air travel, such as night trains.

I will promote a floor price on plane tickets, to put an end to plane tickets for less than €50, which prevent the emergence of ground transport alternatives.

I will promote high taxes on private jets.

I will promote a ban on private jets.

I will promote a specific tax on short-haul flights to encourage the emergence of land-based alternatives.

I will take action to ban short-haul flights.

What infrastructure funding priorities will you promote at European level?

I will work to ensure that the EU co-finances the regeneration and modernisation of the existing rail network as a priority. This will make it possible to ambitiously roll out 5 rail services currently suffering from a lack of funding: metropolitan, regional, intercity day, night and freight trains.

Night and freight trains need electrification to run long routes efficiently. I will take action to continue the electrification of railways by catenary, which offers the best energy efficiency on railways with sufficient traffic.

The EU has liberalised the rail industry in order to introduce competition between operators. Some players criticise the fragmentation of activities, which makes it more complex to buy international train tickets, for example, and complicates the synergy between activities within the rail ecosystem. Other observers claim that competition allows prices to be lowered and service to be improved.

I will work to authorise Member States to reunify their rail sectors.

I want operators to be obliged to cooperate to a certain extent for the benefit of users.

I call for a pause in liberalisation to resolve the current dysfunctions.

Whenever they are available.

Yes, if they offer a sufficient level of comfort