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Brenner Pass reopens after Tyrolean traffic protest halted cross-border freight flow
The Brenner motorway and state road reopened on 31 May after a day-long protest forced authorities to close the alpine corridor and turn back more than 200 trucks. Although major traffic jams were avoided, freight operators lost an estimated €15–20 million and are urging governments to accelerate rail-freight alternatives. The episode underscores the strategic importance – and vulnerability – of Austria’s main north-south trade route for business travel and supply chains.
Six-Hour Dover Queues Show EU Biometric Checks Could Paralyse Summer Getaway
Queues of up to six hours hit the Port of Dover on 23-24 May when the EU’s new biometric Entry/Exit System failed to cope with bank-holiday volumes. French officers temporarily switched off EES checks, but the same process will soon apply at Eurotunnel and Eurostar. Business-travel groups warn that unpredictable border times could disrupt freight and corporate trips all summer.