Mr Alvaro, driving on the motorway, collided into the driver’s door of a vehicle over which the driver had lost control and which was on its roof on the left-hand overtaking lane of the motorway.

Considering the EU goals of creating an area of free movement, of common justice and of shared environmental objectives, does the Council agree that it makes sense for drivers who fail to respect local, regional or national traffic laws within the EU, for instance through non-payment of a road user charge, breach of a low emission or green zone, or driving or parking in a reserved bus or tram lane, to have a penalty enforced against them whatever their Member State of nationality or residence?

Considering the EU goals of creating an area of free movement, of common justice and of shared environmental objectives, does the Council agree that it makes sense for drivers who fail to respect local, regional or national traffic laws within the EU, for instance through non-payment of a road user charge, breach of a low emission or green zone, or driving or parking in a reserved bus or tram lane, to have a penalty enforced against them whatever their Member State of nationality or residence?

F. whereas road safety has a horizontal dimension and in order to meet the target of increasing it to the greatest possible extent, it is now necessary to concentrate on, as areas of the greatest priority, a number of policies which aim to achieve more effective implementation of legislation (seat belts, speed limits, observance of the Highway Code), improved driving standards (driving licences, driver behaviour, respect for pedestrians), improved infrastructure (quality of motorways and road networks, traffic lanes, traffic signs), improved vehicles (periodic checks, models) and sharing of best practice,

Approach/exit of motorways or similar (if available): joining from the acceleration lane; leaving on the deceleration lane;

The Commission approved four major projects (Highway A 17 in Saxony, Federal Road B6n in Saxony-Anhalt, Highway A 113 in Berlin and Railway Berlin-Frankfurt/O).