Europe’s solution providers – manufacturing and in particular the electrical & electronic engineering “Electra” industries. Orgalime welcomes Competitiveness Council’s conclusions

London – 28 May 2009

Global leaders of the forest products industry meeting today in London sounded a warning that governments efforts to offset the environment challenges and economic crisis facing the world today may have the perverse impact of exacerbating the problems. Government subsidies risk creating deep distortions in competition and inhibiting investment flows needed for rebooting the economy.

- to help viable businesses bridge the economic crisis
- to boost progress towards sustainable growth
- to safeguard the competitiveness of the EU economy

Leipzig/Brussels, 28 May 2009 – The European commercial vehicle manufacturers call upon the European Union and Member States to push economic recovery by investing in the infrastructure of the future, restoring broad access to financing, ensuring a supportive regulatory framework and stimulating vehicle fleet renewal.

The joint ITF-IRU Workshop concludes that road transport can be a key driver of the global economic recovery provided governments worldwide promote and further facilitate trade and road transport.

Mobility contributes substantially to the development of sustainable and attractive cities. Local administrations play an instrumental role in creating ambitious and visionary mobility policies that also contribute to address topical issues such as climate change, energy efficiency or poverty alleviation.

In times of crisis, they also face the challenge of ensuring that their projects are adequately funded.