Question 12297 — water transport

Summary

Ms. Annaïg Le Meur draws the attention of the Minister, to the Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, responsible for transport, to the exclusion of French ports and more particularly Breton ports from the proposed European regulation aimed at modifying the North Sea-Mediterranean corridor of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). This corridor constitutes one of the priority axes of the TEN-T, which organizes the flow of transport of goods within the European Union. The North Sea-Mediterranean corridor notably connects Ireland to the ports of the North Sea and extends to the Mediterranean. The proposal for a European regulation was adopted by the European Commission, in the event of a lack of agreement on the Brexit negotiations. It aims to articulate a new maritime transport axis between Ireland and the continent which would not pass via the territory of the United Kingdom. Currently, goods in transit to Ireland travel through the ports of Dover and Liverpool before being transported to Dublin and Cork. However, the new route proposes to directly connect Ireland to Belgian and Dutch ports, effectively excluding the French ports of Brest, Roscoff, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Calais and Dunkirk from the corridor. This proposal is not acceptable as it stands, because it does not take into consideration the geography closer to French ports and the quality of their infrastructure. This choice would have the consequence of depriving the French port system of significant European funding and would be detrimental to the development of the port of Brest-Roscoff. Also, she asks him to please clarify the state of negotiations between the Government and the European Commission in order to defend the competitiveness of French ports within European transport flows.

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