Given the investment of millions of euros of TEN transport funding, as well as EIB funding, for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) between south-east England and northern France, and given the fact that Eurostar, a monopoly, has recently announced the closure of its Ashford-Brussels service this November, will the Commission agree with me that other competitors should now be allowed and encouraged to bid for this service?
In de Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) tussen Zuid-Oost-Engeland en Noord-Frankrijk zijn miljoen euro's van TEN-vervoer, alsook EIB-gelden geïnvesteerd. Eurostar, een monopolie, heeft onlangs aangekondigd in november de verbinding Ashford-Brussel op te heffen.