Press Release: Transport White Paper: The Commission will organise an all-day debate on 27 November 2001

The Commission's White Paper “European Transport Poicy for 2010” adopted on 12 September 2001, which takes stock of the existing situation and proposes strategies for maintaining a competitive and sustainable transport system, launched a wide-ranging debate in Europe. As part of this debate, the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport is organising a high-level meeting with key stakeholders from the transport industry in Brussels on 27 November 2001 under the auspices of Loyola de Palacio, European Vice-President in charge of Transport and Energy, Isabelle Durant, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and President-in Office of the Transport Council.