CESI hosts train driver lobby days for its member ALE

As in previous annual editions, this year's CESI train driver lobby days for ALE featured high level meetings with the European Commission and a series of MEPs involved in EU transportation and employment policy, including: 

• MEP Jens Gieseke, EPP Group Coordinator in the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism (EP TRAN) and MEP Dariusz Joński, EPP Deputy Group Coordinator,
• MEP Johan Danielsson, S&D group coordinator in EP TRAN, and
• MEPs Konstantinos Arvanitis, Rosa María Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel and Elena Nevado del Camp

The ALE delegation was led by Alejandro Martínez Treceño, Secretary General of ALE, who presented ALE's priorities on: 

• a revision of the EU Train Drivers’ Directive
• working conditions in the railway profession and challenges in the supply of labour in the sector as a result of ageing workforces
• the contribution of rail transport to climate change mitigation
• the European Commission's plans for a high-speed rail system in the EU
• the functioning of Directive 2016/797 on the Iteroperability of the Rail System in the EU

CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger said: "Our annual train driver lobby days in Brussels in cooperation with ALE are excellent opportunities to bring expert members of ours in the rail sector together with key EU decision makers in Brussels to discuss bilaterally and directly about concrete issues and challenges for workers in the railway sector, and on ways to address them through policy making at the EU level. We are glad to see when these talks end in tangible results and deepened cooperation."

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