Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Transport, and Štefan Füle, Member of the EC in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, held a joint press conference on 7 July 2011 to present the new Neighbourhood Transport Action Plan published by the European Commission to strengthen transport links with neighbouring regions to the East and South of the EU. The plan proposes more than 20 concrete measures, in the short and longer term, to make transport connections smoother, safer and more reliable. At the same time, it will deepen market integration to the advantage of both the EU and its neighbouring regions.