- 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.

Copa and Cogeca welcome the Commission’s decision to activate private storage for olive oil; a measure that they had been requesting since February. Nevertheless, Copa and Cogeca consider that the Commission needs to improve the way in which it is implemented.

Copa-Cogeca, the voice of European farmers and agri-cooperatives, is calling for an urgent response from the Council and the Commission to the current EU dairy market crisis. Farm gate prices for milk have fallen sharply across Europe, putting unbearable strain on farming families.