Emmanuel joined eu travel tech (previously ETTSA) in September 2018. As part of his role, Emmanuel shapes the strategy and direction of eu travel tech. A French national, Emmanuel Mounier started his career in Brussels representing the French public transport sector within the Union internationale des Transports Publics (UITP). He then worked for the French Ministry of Economy on trade issues before getting back to Brussels as Counsellor for Industrial Affairs within the French Permanent Representation to the EU. A law graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury and Université Paris I la Sorbonne, Emmanuel has a wealth of EU-specific expertise in many different fields including transport, internal market, digital single market, and trade.
For many years and almost as many Brussels political cycles, the modal shift of passenger transport from air to rail has been a political priority for […]
The Commission announced on 6 January the results of its latest round of applications for DiscoverEU that was launched in October 2021. From the 333,728 young […]
The famous Orient Express will return in 2023 to dazzle train lovers in a journey that will bring back reminiscences from the past. This time around, […]
The Danube Express route stretches from the Alps to the historic cities of the Balkans, between Michelin meals and stays in five-star hotels. And trains like […]
European Sleeper’s first night train service from Brussels to Prague is expected to start running in the summer of 2022, the company announced on December 20th. […]
On Tuesday December 14th, the European Commission adopted four proposals that will modernize the EU’s transport system. This is meant to support the transition to cleaner, […]
The French TGV on the Paris-Lyon route will get a competitor soon. Trenitalia, the Italian national railway company, is expected to launch its high-speed Frecciarossa on […]
1. Renfe vs Eurostar Spain is bidding to launch a high-speed train between London and Paris. The country’s national railway Refer has already started official procedures […]
Launched in 2013 to develop better transport connectivity within Asia, the Belt and Road initiative is delivering its new 414 km railway connecting China and Laos. […]
Last Friday, Thomas Dermine, Secretary of State for Recovery and Strategic Investments presented a 2.6-billion-euro federal Recovery and Investment Plan which includes funds for major renovations […]
A joint venture between China and Russia has completed the construction of the first railway bridge linking the two countries. The 7.19-kilometer bridge, whose construction began […]
Dutch railways NS wants to replace the rolling stock of the Benelux trains, with a new train expected to enter commercial service in 2025. The first […]
For those who were born in the nineties, the Soviet-regime much resembles a far-away chapter in history. It’s quite hard to imagine that there once was […]
In order to encourage more people living in and visiting the UK to opt for train travel, which is a more environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative […]
The Chinese state-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation has debuted its maglev bullet train in Qingdao China. The new train is considered the world’s fastest and […]