The resolution passed with 558 votes in favour, 23 against and 73 abstentions, and responds to the action plan the Commission presented in November 2025, which aims for a faster, better-connected network by 2040. MEPs want high-speed services to link major urban centres in every region and key neighbouring countries, either directly or through efficient connections, and to preserve and strengthen the Connecting Europe Facility. The Commission estimates that completing the planned high-speed lines will cost €345 billion.

The rapporteur argued that a high-speed link between Europe’s main cities will allow a major shift of travel from planes to trains. As a Parliament resolution, it is a recommendation rather than binding law, but it shows the direction for rail access to destinations beyond the main capitals.

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