After the controversy following the leaks in Le Figaro on the Lyon-Turin high-speed train, France underlines that the commitment with Italy on the project is not in question, but that a "new agreement is needed that takes into account the available funding, especially Europeans".
A spokesman for the French Ministry of Transport reported: «The Lyon-Turin high-speed line is an important project, linked to international agreements and a treaty. France and Italy have given their word and returning to this word is out of the question».
But for the project, according to the spokesman, "a new agreement is now needed that takes into account the available funding, especially European".
Today the French Minister of Transport, Frédéric Cuvillier, had a telephone conversation with his Italian colleague Corrado Passera, to reassure the Italian government about the French commitment.
