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Europe's half a billion people depend on the more than 200,000 km of motorways that criss-cross the bloc (Photo: EUobserver)

Transport in the European Union

Transport of people and goods are crucial for the European economy and its competitiveness as well as for bringing citizens and cultures closer to each other. But the sector is in desperate need of a makeover to deal with its growth, its environmental impact and Europe's dependency on oil imports - which currently costs the bloc one billion euros a day.

More than 500 airports, 190,000 km of railways, 200,000 km of motorways. 35,000 km of waterways and 1200 seaports caters for the Europe...

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Europe's half a billion people depend on the more than 200,000 km of motorways that criss-cross the bloc (Photo: EUobserver)

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