Belgian politician Georges Gilkinet told i that the EU needs to follow the lead of France, which last week banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist 🔴 benjaminbutter
Speaking in Brussels at the launch of European Sleeper, a new Belgian-Dutch
Asked if this meant no more short flights between popular European destinations, he said: “I would like to do so”.“But I hope we can make a majority in the future to ban and to help night trains, and to help little companies and co-operative companies to develop,” he added.Greenpeace has called on the EU to ban all short-haul flights throughoutwhere a train journey of under six hours is available.
France’s transport sector emits 136 million tonnes of CO2 a year, most of it, some 94 per cent, from road use.
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