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The European Parliament’s TRAN Committee held a first exchange of views on a forthcoming own-initiative report on “Building a comprehensive European port strategy” with the Rapporteur Tom Berendsen (PPE). The report will mainly focus on the increased Chinese investments in strategic European port infrastructure and seek ways to safeguard the sovereignty and economic independence of the EUs ports as vital part of the EU’s transport system. The Rapporteur and shadows outlined the crucial role of European ports as gateways for the EUs economy and stressed the need to take measures to limit foreign influence. At the same time, they emphasised that a strategic approach should be taken at European level to ensure the competitiveness of EU ports and help them master challenges such as the energy transition, digitalisation and security issues. The Rapporteur announced that he will present his draft report after the summer and both he and shadows expressed their intention to cooperate closely in view of securing a broadly supported and strong EP position on this important matter.