“Imagine Your City or Region Without Public Transport": More than 70 CEOs Urge EU to Prioritise it in Next Budget

With the EU budget proposal now on the table and discussions in full swing, more than 70 CEOs and Leaders of public transport authorities, operators, industry and national associations from across Europe have come together to deliver a clear message to European policymakers.

With the call for urban and regional public transport to be a top priority in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), this show of unity, coordinated by UITP, urges the EU to anchor its long-term budget in competitiveness, sustainability, and inclusion.

The call remains open at CEOs/Leaders level by all European UITP members. To sign, contact: [email protected].

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Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary-General, UITP, Belgium

Severiano Arias González, Director de Explotacion, Tranvia de Murcia, Spain

Wojciech Bartelski, CEO, President of the Board, Tramwaje Warszawskie Ltd, Poland

Pedro Brandao de Querizoz Simoes Ribeiro, Managing Director, Metropolitano de Tenerife, S.A., Spain

Eduardo Cabanillas Muñoz-Reja, CEO, Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid (AUVASA), Spain

Carlo Cahn, General Manager, KNV, The Netherlands

Helena Campos, acting CEO, Metropolitano de Lisboa, Portugal

Jean Castex, CEO, RATP group, France

Marie-Ange Debon, Chairwoman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Keolis, France

Pedro de Brito Bogas, CEO, Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, E.M., S.A., Portugal

Ignas Degutis, CEO, Vilniaus Viešasis Transportas (UAB), Lithuania

Brieuc de Meeûs, CEO, STIB, Belgium

Helge Dorstewitz, Directeur General, Luxtram SA, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Henrik Falk, CEO, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Germany

Jean-Pierre Farandou, CEO/Chairman, SNCF, France

Pol Flamend, Directeur général du Service public de Wallonie Mobilité et Infrastructures, Belgium

Aitor Galarza, CFO, CAF, Spain

Andrea Gibelli, President, ASSTRA, Italy

Ramón Gómez, CEO, FCC Concesiones, Spain

Annette Grabbe, CEO, CHRO, CFO of Rheinbahn AG, Germany

Jürgen Greschner, Chief Corporate Officer, INIT Group, Germany

Anna Grönlund, Deputy Managing Director of Sveriges Bussföretag, The Swedish Bus & Coach Federation, Sweden

Giuseppina Gualtieri, CEO and President, Tper SPA, Italy

Stefanie Haaks, Chairperson of the Executive Board, KVB Köln, Germany

Juha Hakavuori, Managing Director, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd, Finland

Elodie Hanen, Directrice générale adjointe, Île-de-France Mobilités, France

Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus, Ireland

Andreas Hemmersbach, Management Director Mobility, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Germany

Robert Henrich, CEO, Hamburger Hochbahn AG, Germany

Jesús Herrero, Secretary-General, ATUC, Spain

Peter Horvat, Director, Javno Podjetje Ljubljanski Potniški Promet, Slovenia

Mathias Hüske, CFO, Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG, Germany

Francisco Iglesias Campos, CEO, Alsa Grupo, Spain

Sirpa Korte, Public Transport Director, City of Turku, Finland

Harald Kraus, CHRO,DSW 21, Germany

Serena Lancione, President, Consorzio Granda Bus, Italy

Erki Lipre, CEO of Ridango Group, Sweden

Serafino Lo Piano, CEO and General Manager, Busitalia, Italy

David Martin, CEO / Executive Chair, Arriva Limited, United Kingdom

Thierry Mallet, CEO, Transdev, President, Union des Transports Publics et Ferroviaires (UTPF), France

Marco Medeghini, General Manager of Brescia Mobilità, Brescia Trasporti and Metrobrescia, Italy

Ulf Middelberg, Managing Director, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH, Germany

Michael Peter, CEO, Siemens Mobility GmbH, Germany

Claudio Passerini, President, Bus Business Unit, Iveco Group

Juan José Elias Pérez, Director, EMT Palma, Spain

Mika Periviita, Manager, Tampere City Public Transport, Finland

Alexander Pischon, Prof. Dr., Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany

Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Director, Alstom, France

Konrad Pule, General Manager, Malta Public Transport, Malta

Víctor Manuel Quintana Hernandez, CEO, Salcai-Utinsa, S.A., Spain

Alexandra Reinagl, CEO, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, Austria

Miguel Angel Rodriguez Ramirez, Director General, Guaguas Municipales S.A., Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Pablo Rodríguez-Sardinero, Managing Director, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), Spain

Alfonso Sanchéz Vicente, CEO, EMT Madrid, Spain

Thomas Schaffer, Board Member, BOGESTRA, Germany

Vesa Silfver, Executive Director, Helsinki Region Transport, Finland

Minna Soininen, Director, Finnish Public Transport Association, Finland

Zdenek Sponar, Director, IDSK, Czech Republic

Agata Stańda, CEO, Solaris Bus & Coach, Poland

Julio Tironi, CEO, Cyprus Public Transport

Yiannis Toskas, CEO, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority (OSETh), Greece

Monika Unterholzner, Deputy Director-General, Wiener Stadtwerke GmbH, Austria

Steen Vindum, Chairman for TID, the Danish Public Transport Authorities, Denmark

Ana Paula Vitorino, President of the Executive Board, Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, Portugal

Ignacio Vázquez, CEO, Metro de Madrid, Spain

Peter Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Anja Wenmakers, CEO, Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs-GmbH, Germany

Oliver Wolff, General Managing Director, VDV, Germany

Ingo Wortmann, Managing Director of Stadtwerke München GmbH Mobility Division, Germany

Karin Zipperer, Speaker of the Board, Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region GMBH, Austria

Alberto Zorzan, CEO, ATM Group, Italy