June 2014 Newsletter
Dear IFRTT subscribers! Every week my husband and I cross the border between The Netherlands and Germany while we live in the last and work in the first country. Occasionally there is a police check. Although we try to look very criminal, we always may drive on without even stop the car. We are living in Germany for 12 years now and we have seen the number of police checks increasing. Police are looking for human trafficking, illegal workers and international groups of burglars. In April the result of a joint action of the German and Dutch police at night were 86 cars with burglar tools and 48 arrested persons. At the end of May the 28 European member countries voted for a new Parliament of the EU. I asked Anders (just ignored his retirement) to join me to evaluate the significance of the election results for road freight transport.... Read More