{"id":93493,"date":"2024-07-24T19:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=54753"},"modified":"2024-07-24T19:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:11:55","slug":"ep-transport-committee-elects-elissavet-vozemberg-vrionidi-as-its-new-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=93493","title":{"rendered":"EP transport committee elects Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi as its new chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Parliament\u2019s transport committee has a new chair. Greek MEP Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi will be serving as its head for the next two and a half years.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Newly elected chair Vozemberg has been a long-time member of the European Parliament (EP), to which she was elected in 2014. Before that, she was a member of the Greek parliament between 2009 and 2012. In the EP, she is a member of the Christian Democrat coalition EPP as a representative of the Greek ruling party Nea Dimokratia, a right-wing liberal conservative party.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransport and tourism policies are at the core of the European project and a cornerstone of our way of living. I am sure that together we will be able to achieve great results for both our citizens and businesses\u201d, Vozemberg commented on her election as chair.<\/p>\n