Following an agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Croatia has been positioned on two additional corridors: the Baltic Sea - Adriatic Sea and the Western Balkans - Eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced on Tuesday via X.

On Monday evening, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the TEN-T Regulation to encourage the implementation of major projects related to rail networks, roads, inland waterways, and ports by 2030, reports tportal.  

"With the agreement on the TEN-T Regulation, Croatia is positioned on two additional corridors: the Baltic Sea - Adriatic Sea and the Western Balkans - Eastern Mediterranean. This fully integrates Croatia into the European Union’s transport system," Plenković wrote on X. According to him, Croatia fought for the inclusion of railway and road infrastructure up to Split, as well as in Slavonia, with the ports of Ploče and Split becoming core network ports, while Rijeka will be included in three corridors.

Plenković also announced the inclusion of an additional 450 km of railway lines, 430 km of roads, eight new ports, and five new urban nodes, making Croatia’s proportional changes to the TEN-T network the largest in Europe. Being positioned on four EU transport corridors creates the conditions for further investments and infrastructure development in Croatia. Among the current TEN-T projects are Rail Baltica, connecting Helsinki and Warsaw, the Brenner Pass tunnel linking Austria and Italy, and the high-speed rail line Lisbon-Madrid. European Commission Commissioner Adina Valean stated last night that this is a "historic agreement for the EU."