Commissioner Tzitzikostas' keynote speech at the LUISS Guido Carli University

European Commission -Speech [Check Against Delivery] Commissioner Tzitzikostas' keynote speech at the LUISS Guido Carli University Brussels, 26 June 2025 Gentile Vice Presidente, Egregio Professor Boccardelli, Signore e Signori, What an honour it is to be here with you today, at a university that stands at the crossroads of academic excellence and civic engagement, sharing the stage – and what a stage – with two such esteemed and distinguished speakers. Together, we represent the worlds of finance, academia and politics. If only such cross-sector dialogues were more common, I believe we would find solutions to Europe's most pressing challenges much faster! So, let's seize the moment. Today we focus on a topic that often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong: transport infrastructure. Not just any infrastructure, but smart and sustainable that connects people and businesses across Europe. I suspect I don't need to convince this audience of its importance. Our roads, ports, airports, railways and inland waterways, are more than physical structures. The are the backbone of Europe's mobility of our Single Market, of our cohesion and competitiveness. At the heart of our transport strategy lies the Trans-European Transport Network, the TEN-T. These are the arteries of European integration, designed to ensure seamless, multimodal connectivity across borders. Our targets for completing TEN-T are not bureaucratic milestones. They are...