欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩在2026年连接欧洲日大会上发表讲话，提出建设“欧洲交通联盟”的三大方向：完成跨欧洲交通网络（TEN-T）建设、保持在交通创新领域的领先地位、以及提升交通网络应对气候与地缘风险的韧性。她提到，完成TEN-T网络到2050年可使欧盟GDP增长2.4%（约4670亿欧元），并提议在下一长期预算中为交通领域拨款超过500亿欧元，是当前资金的两倍多。她还提到里斯本至马德里高铁、电动卡车充电走廊、自动驾驶跨境测试以及摩尔多瓦与罗马尼亚的交通连接等具体项目。
At Connecting Europe Days in Brussels, Portugal, Slovakia and Norway signed the Joint Declaration of Intent on large-scale cross-border testbeds for autonomous vehicles. Spain signed last week, bringing the total number of participating countries to 22. Launched under the European Automotive Action Plan, the initiative brings together Member States, non-EU countries, regional and local authorities, industry stakeholders and transport operators to support harmonised commercial pre-deployment of autonomous vehicles across Europe.