Hermann saying the aims of European transport policy - to decarbonise - are right. But reality of the policies don’t match the aims. On that he’s right! #ForumRhinMeuse

Winfried Hermann opening the #ForumRhinMeuse at the BaWü Vertretung in Brussels

The event is in German, French, English and Dutch - but I’ll try to toot in English

Apparently there are bilingual official hashtags - #frm23 and #rmf23. But I’m pretty sure I’m the only person on Mastodon here - so I’m sticking to #ForumRhinMeuse which I think makes more sense for my followers!

Today I’m at #ForumRhinMeuse - organised by Grand Est and hosted at the Baden-Württemberg representation in Brussels

Pictures of politicians hanging up at venues is always… well, is sort of weird for me. Here Winfried Kretschmann is at the entrance

A serious question: Georges Gilkinet has been Belgian transport minister since 2020. What has he done for international rail?

✅ Charleroi-Maubeuge now runs every 2 hours
✅ Promise to reduce track access charges for night trains
👎 Mons-Aulnoye cancelled
👎 Frequency on Bruxelles-Lille Europe reduced
👎 No progress reopening Givet-Dinant, Quievrain-Valenciennes or De Panne-Dunkerque
👎 No progress on anything towards Netherlands
🤷‍♂️ Line to Lux still being rebuilt, is still slow

#ForumRhinMeuse

And why am I going to Bruxelles?

To attend the “Forum Rhin-Meuse” organised by Grand Est. Speakers include Anne Sander, Winfried Hermann and 🥁 🥁 Georges Gilkinet

Programme here:
https://www.grandest.eu/forum-rhin-meuse/forum-rhin-meuse-2023-mobilite-en-europe-quelles-solutions-pour-un-transport-durable-et-sans-frontieres/

Gilkinet - who let the Mons 🇧🇪 - Aulnoye 🇫🇷 passenger train service CLOSE is talking about “Vers une mobilité sans frontière pour les citoyens ?” It’d be funny if it weren’t tragic.

I’ll toot using tag #ForumRhinMeuse