The European Commission put forward its proposal on 16 July 2025 for the continuation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) as part of the EU Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034. The proposal foresees a CEF transport budget of EUR 45.7 billion and a focus on infrastructure projects with a strong international dimension and dual-use military mobility projects.
In a joint sector statement, UIP together with AERRL, ALLRAIL, CER, CT4EU, EIM, ERFA, UITP, UIRR, UNIFE call on Member States’ governments and Members of European Parliament to provide unwavering support for the CEF Transport programme, maintaining its level of ambition, and to act in order to increase its firepower for the timely completion of the TEN-T network.
Please find the signed paper to the right of this page.