Council and Parliament reach agreement on single European railway area directive

The Council and the European Parliament have paved the way for the adoption of the draft directive establishing a single European railway area, by successfully concluding the tripartite negotiations between the Danish presidency, the European Parliament and the Commission on a compromise text. On June 19th, it was endorsed by the member states within the Permanent Representatives Committee but still needs to be formally approved by Parliament, whose vote in plenary is scheduled for early July,...