Confetra, the Italian General Confederation of Transport and Logistics, today proposed the launch of a logistically integrated European transport policy through a new “European White Paper on Transport and Logistics”.
This proposal was presented in the “Manifesto 2024 – For a new Europe”, a programmatic document that highlights the main challenges of the sector and the urgencies to be addressed in view of the next European elections. Confetra represents 20 national federations and hundreds of territorial associations that bring together tens of thousands of companies.
Confetra’s objective is to urge future political leaders to mobilize to rethink the priorities, methods and governance of the European Union, giving the logistics sector the political and operational centrality it deserves.
Carlo De Ruvo, president of Confetra, underlines: “We are facing a growing ‘logistical fragility’ which must be at the center of the new European political agenda. It is necessary to adopt a renewed vision of mobility and management of the flows of people and goods, overcoming a predominantly modal approach in favor of greater logistical integration”. The Manifesto addresses a wide range of topics, from air and road transport, rail and maritime transport, to Alpine crossings, to customs issues, and places particular attention on decarbonisation. Furthermore, the document discusses the Directive on combined transport of goods between Member States and the Trans-European Transport Network Regulation.
Logistics and goods transport in Italy are fundamental sectors for Europe, with over 81,000 companies and around 1 million employees. These sectors generate a total turnover of approximately 140 billion euros, corresponding to 8% of the Italian GDP.