The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) unveiled its scenarios for urban
transport in 2025 today at the plenary session of its 59th World Congress taking place in
Dubai from 10 to 14 April 2011. It compares the economic, environmental and social
impacts of urban transport in a business-as-usual scenario (BAU) and in a ‘PTx2’
scenario. It highlights the benefits of doubling the public transport market share
worldwide by 2025 and illustrates how to achieve this.

Eurometaux wishes to re-state the industry’s need for secondary raw materials in Europe and to
respond to the press release issued by Eurometrec on 25 March in which it claims that the socalled
“metals consuming industry” lacks interest in buying metal scrap. Consumption should
not be confused with pre-processing and recycling!

The European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)1 has launched a new Iberian
Gas Group (IGG).
In line with EFET principles and mission, the new IGG’s main objective is to promote
gas trading in the region and to improve liquidity and transparency within the Iberian
gas market.

MEP Sabine Wils (GUE/NGL, Germany), a member of the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) welcomed stronger provisions that should allow member states to restrict or ban outright the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their territory, after MEPs voted in favour of the Lepage report in the European Parliament this morning.