Brussels December 1, 2009The Secretary General of the ECF, Bernhard Ensink today called on Siim Kallas, the potential future European Commissioner of transport to show leadership and political will to achieve the objectives of the Charter of Brussels he signed in May 2009 during the Velo-city ... more ...

Brussels November 4, 2009The ECF welcomes the clear position of COLIBI and COLIPED, the European associations for bicycle manufacturers, assemblers and parts and accessories' producers on Pedelecs as quoted in the BikeEurope Newsletter of 4th of November. "We are in favour of maintaining ... more ...

Brussels, 2 October 2009The 20 actions the Commission announced this week in the Action Plan fail to take cycling as the sustainable urban transport mode into account properly. Hence the European Cyclists' Federation is disappointed with this draft Action Plan. Read ECF response here :  ... more ...

ECF has sent its response to the European Commission regarding the public consultation on the Evaluation and Revision of the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency.ECF asks the Commission to take into account the potential of cycling in the reduction of CO2 emissions instead of focusing mainly on car ... more ...

Brussels, 8 July 2009 - The constitution of a parliamentary Intergroup on "Cycling" in the next European Parliament has taken a decisive hurdle. Following an invitation by ECF Secretary General, Dr Bernhard Ensink, and co-hosted by Michael Cramer (The Greens) and Saïd El Khadraoui ... more ...

Brussels, 3 July 2009: The Danish and the Bavarian Capital have something very important in common: they are committed to turn their cities into true cycling ones. Two remarkable items allow drawing this conclusion: both have signed the "Charter of Brussels", which asks the European ... more ...

Brussels 6 May 2009, ECF welcomes EP vote to include EuroVelo into TEN-TThe European Parliament has recently adopted a resolution to include EuroVelo in the trans-European transport network. It "asks the Commission and the Member States to consider the EuroVelo-Network and Iron Curtain Trail as ... more ...

Brussels, 15 April 2009 -The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) is happy to announce a US$200,000 grant from the SRAM Cycling Fund to be received over two years. These funds will be used by the ECF for lobbying efforts at the European Commission and European Parliament to build support for ... more ...

Brussels, 16 February 2009 -  ECF has adopted today a 10-point programme the next European Parliament 2009 - 2014 should be focusing at. The core message is: cycling can help solve problems the European continent faces today: bad air quality, excessive noise levels and traffic congestion in ... more ...

Brussels, 15 December 2008 - National governments have set up investments programmes worth billions of Euro in order to counter the current financial and economic crisis. In order to not forget the bicycle, ECF President Manfred Neun wrote an open letter to German Chancellor Merkel.The main demand: ... more ...

Brussels, 7 October 2008 - The European Commission decided to introduce Daytime Running Lights (DRL) on all new vehicles from 2011 onwards. "We strongly oppose this initiative because it is not based on conclusive evidence and might even prove harmful to cyclists", says Annick Roetynck ... more ...

Brussels, 3 July 2008 - In view of the European Commission’s adoption of a legislative proposal on VAT rates in the summer of 2008, COLIBI, COLIPED, ECF and ETRA sent a joint letter to European Taxation Commissioner, Mr László Kovács to again defend their plea in favour of ... more ...

Brussels, 14 March 2008 - ECF has sent its response to the European Commission regarding the public consultation on an Action Plan on Urban Mobility. This Action Plan is foreseen to be published in October 2008.Among many other, ECF demands the European Commission to implement four concrete ... more ...

Brussels, 21 December 2007 - Alliance for walking, cycling, wheeling and ‘passenging’ launched at Bali UN Climate Conference. Its main task will be to lobby politics to work for sustainable transport: less cars,more human powered mobility.“The transport sector is one of the main ... more ...

Brüssel, 21. Dezember 2007 - Auf der Klimakonferenz in Bali wurde die “Globale Alliance for EcoMobility” gegründet. ECF ist Gründungspartner dieser Allianz. Hauptaufgabe wird ein aktives Lobbying der Politik mit Ziel einesParadigmenwechsels in der Verkehrspolitik sein.Die ... more ...

The proposal by the European Commission to introduce Daytime Running Lights for motorised vehicles across Europe is off the table. This was announced by the Commission on 20 November 2007. The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) welcomes this decision. In its view the Commission did not ... more ...

The European Parliament and the Council (member states) have reached an agreement on the 3rd Railway Package, which includes the Regulation on Railway Passengers’ Rights and Obligations. ECF is not satisfied with this regulation as it has very much watered down the initial postion held by the ... more ...

EUROBIKE, Friedrichshafen, 30-08-2007   The annual general meeting of the ECF adopted in May “The ECF Declaration of Bern” on ‚More cyling – it’s  role in the climate debate and ransport policy’. At the Eurobike 2007 ECF President Manfred Neun presented this document yesterday to the ... more ...

EUROBIKE, Friedrichshafen, 30-08-2007   Der ECF appelliert an alle Verantwortlichen in Politik und Verwaltung: Es wird höchste Zeit zur Kenntnis zu nehmen, welch bedeutenden Beitrag der Radverkehr bei der Bewältigung des Klimawandels zu leisten vermag.   Die Jahreshauptversammlung des ... more ...

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Brussels, June 2007The ECF delivered the ECF Statement ‘Liveable cities are cycling cities !’ to the European Commission on the proposed Green Paper on Urban Transport. The title says in a nutshell what is explained in the statement: cycling should be a mainstay of urban transport for many reasons – ... more ...

Brussels 1st of June 2007 The Declaration of Berne was made by the member organizations of the ECF (European Cyclists’ Federation) to highlight the contribution cycling can make to preventing climate change and to Europe’s transport policies. The declaration states "We call on all politicians and ... more ...

At its AGM in Berne at The ECF (European Cyclists’ Federation) re-elected Manfred Neun (Germany), as president of the ECF. Manfred was was first elected in 2005. Six vice-presidents and the treasurer were also elected: Jens Loft Rasmussen (treasurer; Denmark), Doretta Vicini ... more ...

Brussels, May 14th 2007Bicycle Carriage on Long Distance Trains in the European Union is a comparative analysis of the conditions for bicycle carriage offered by 32 railway undertakings operating long-distance railway services in the European Union, Switzerland and Norway carried out by the European ... more ...

Brussels, 11th of May 2007ECF Secretary General Dr. Bernhard Ensink presented at the Toyota Stakeholder Dialogue last month in Brussels a report on ‘Optimizing cars for bicyclists’ safety’. Based on a report the Dutch research Institute T.N.O. made on behalf of the Dutch ECF member organisation ... more ...

Brussels, 19 January 2007 "This is an important day for cyclists in Europe", says Dr Bernhard Ensink ECF Secretary General. Thanks to the initiative of the bicycle friendly MEP´s, the common effort of ETRA and ECF and the members of the European Cyclists´ Federation who cooperated with their ... more ...

Brussels, 12 January 2007.ECF President Manfred Neun and ETRA President Nigel Hill have recently signed an agreement in principle on the cooperation between their respective organisations. ECF and ETRA both believe that the time for political pressure on the European Commission, Parliament and ... more ...

Brussels, 11 December 2006 In a joint position paper submitted to the Commission, ETRA and ECF oppose to the possible general introduction of daytime running lights on all motorised vehicles. The two associations believe that other traffic aspects are for more important than DRL for improving road ... more ...

The new office of ECF (European Cycilists’Federation) in Brussels is officially opened today by Pascal Smet, Minister of the Brussels Region, and Manfred Neun, ECF President. The Minister announced that the Brussels Region and the ECF will organize world’s largest biennial bicycle planning ... more ...

If the current transport trend is not reversed, the European Union will not meet the commitments under the Kyoto-Protocol. That is why the European Greens believe that we must change our ways of getting around, rather than allowing climate to change.   Short car trips   In all economic ... more ...

Brussels, 27.04.2007New Secretary General for European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF)   The European Cyclists Federation ECF appointed Dr. Bernhard Ensink as its new Secretary General in Brussels. The ECF is the umbrella organisation of the national cyclists’ unions in Europe and is joined by a ... more ...

On Wednesday 30th November, the European Twowheel Retailers' Association (ETRA) and the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) jointly organized a very fruitful and encouraging meeting with Members of the European Parliament in Brussels. The meeting was attended by 5 MEPs and 1 MEP assistant. Mr Bart ... more ...