On Wednesday at noon, MEPs are set to adopt their position on the review of EU driving licence rules. They are seeking to improve road safety by streamlining requirements for drivers, introducing medical fitness checks and increasing awareness about the vulnerability of road users like pedestrians and cyclists.
When: Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 14.30 CET
Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201)
Who: Parliament’s rapporteur and Transport and Tourism Committee Chair Karima Delli (Greens, FR). She will be joined by Ms Pauline Deroulède, French Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and vocal road-safety activist.
How: Accredited media representatives are invited to physically attend the press conference. In addition, journalists can join the press conference and ask questions remotely via Interactio platform. When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name/last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video.
Interpretation will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish.
The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on the Parliament’s Multimedia Centre. You can follow it here.
Background
The new EU driving licence rules are part of the Road safety package presented by the Commission in March 2023 to improve safety for all road users, facilitate cross-border enforcement of traffic rules, and modernise driving licence rules. The ultimate goal is to move as close as possible to zero fatalities in EU road transport by 2050 (“Vision Zero“).
