The European Commission Vice-President for Jobs and Skills, Roxana Mînzatu, visited several truck parking areas in Belgium this week to witness first-hand the extreme disparity in conditions, ranging from a state-of-the-art facility to a site lacking even basic services.
The visit, initiated by IRU and organised in close cooperation with the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the European Secure Parking Organisation (ESPORG), comes at a decisive moment as EU institutions debate the next EU budget.
Together, the partners demonstrated that across the EU, safe and secure truck parking areas remain dramatically insufficient, despite being critical to drivers’ wellbeing, road safety, and resilient supply chains. / (....)