EU points-based driving licence system

Question for written answer E-002182/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Thomas Bajada (S&D)

Several Member States have created points-based driving licence systems to enhance road safety and driving standards. Yet, at EU level, the system remains fractured and heterogeneous, whereby points lost in one Member State would not be reflected in another Member State. Most of the recent Commission proposals on driving permits in the EU have missed the opportunity to tackle this issue.

In this regard:

• 1.Is the Commission planning to propose an EU points-based driving licence system?
• 2.On which considerations, political and otherwise, will it base its decision?
• 3.In the absence of such a system, are there plans to enhance cooperation between Member States on this matter, and if so, how?

Submitted: 19.10.2024