At the express call of trade unions from Western European Member States, the ETF organised a demonstration in Strasbourg, in front of the European Parliament, on 29 May. 500 drivers and union activists urged the European Parliament to reject any change in the core...

Hundreds of professional drivers and union activists are on their way to Strasbourg, France, to make their voice heard on the EU Mobility Package. More than 3 000 000 EU citizens work in bus, coach and lorry transport, and the EU has launched a reform of their wage...

Yesterday, the ETF Road Section scored a big success on the first Mobility Package vote in the European Parliament. The EMPL Committee adopted with large majority reports on posting, driving and rest time and cabotage that go pretty much in line with the ETF position:...

A one-day school trip to Paris That day I had to drive a group of happy kids to Paris. The bus was due to leave at 6 AM from the school in Diksmuide. That means that I had to leave the garage at 5:15 AM, leave home at 4:30 AM and get up at 3:30 AM. When we arrived in...

The ETF, the European Cyclists’ Federation, the European Transport Safety Council and the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims continue their joint initiative to plea for more safety on European roads! This comes in the context of a very controversial revision...

ETF action week on bus and coach stated today with the ETF President, Frank Moreels, launching a strong message to the EU Institutions: changes the EU driving and rest time rules are simply unacceptable! “Current driving and rest time rules are 12 years old. And they...

EU regulations for the international road passenger transport market, including driving time regulations, have failed to maintain social standards for drivers. Enforcement agencies are under-resourced but still find extensive violation of drivers’ hours during...

Monday 23 April we’ll start our ETF action week on bus and coach. The aim: inform passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, all road users of the safety risks in making driving and rest time rules more flexible for the road sector. What is at stake? Well, simply put, while...

27 and 28 March – two important days for the ETF Road Section. Time for our affiliates representing bus, coach and truck drivers to get together in Brussels on one of our two regular annual meetings, and discuss the Mobility Package. The Section reviewed the progress...

21 – 22 March: Nina Frandes, president of the ETF affiliated member SLT, meets members of the European Parliament in an attempt to convince them to change EU laws applicable to road transport for the benefit of professional drivers! Accompanied by the ETF Secretariat,...