The ten signatory associations representing Europe's railway sector –including passenger and freight transport operators, infrastructure and terminal managers, rolling stock lessors and rail equipment suppliers– welcome the proposal of the European Commission for the continuation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as part of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034, published on 16 July 2025.
Supported by Commissioner for Transport and Sustainable Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas as of the start of his mandate, the future of this program has been ensured, confirming the continuation of the dedicated support to the deployment of a resilient, interoperable Trans-European Transport Network.
The rail sector will work in the coming months to promote the Commission proposal and strengthen its firepower. The total CEF Transport budget will increase to EUR 45.7 billion under the Commission's proposal. It must be noted that CEF Transport without the military mobility outlay is endowed with EUR 30 billion, which is EUR 1 billion less than in the current seven-year budget. The military mobility envelope of EUR 15.7 billion comes on top of this (compared to EUR 2 billion currently). (....)