Ministerial meeting on Transport
MILANO11-12-13 April
From 11 to 13 April, Milan hosted the G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting.
The sessions, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, focused in particular on the future of mobility and global maritime connectivity.
A special working session was devoted to cooperation with Ukraine.
At the end of the meeting, participants adopted the joint Declaration “The Future of Mobility: Ensuring Global Connectivity in an Uncertain World”.
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The host city
Milano
With a population of 1.5 million inhabitants (3 million including the metropolitan area), Milano is the second largest city of the country.
Since the industrial miracle of the 1950s, it has been the economic engine and financial center of Italy. Milano lies at the intersection of the EU's north-south and east-west corridor, and its three international airports transport millions of business and tourist visitors every year, while its three main train stations ensure high-speed rail connections with the main European capitals.
Milano is easy to cross on foot, bike or public transport, thanks to advanced mobility sharing services and above all to its very efficient municipal transportation system, based on trams (a symbol of the city), electric and hybrid buses, and 5 subway metro lines, including the brand new M4 blue line which takes you straight from Linate airport (LIN) to the city center in 12 minutes.
Since the last decade, the city has undergone a deep urban and cultural transformation, becoming one of the favorite destinations for international visitors, thanks to its modern combination of innovation and style, cosmopolitan skyline and quality of life and services.
2023 was a record year for arrivals in the city: around 8.5 million people came to visit, +14% compared to the previous record set in 2019.
The next milestone is 2026, when the city will host the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
With a rich cultural offer of exhibits and festivals and a lively program of seasonal events - such as thematic weeks, industrial fairs and trade shows - Milano offers an international destination where the worlds of art, fashion, design and architecture, and the institutions of science, knowledge and innovation, collaborate to give this European metropolis its distinctive civic and multicultural identity.
It is this unique synergy that makes the Milanese style increasingly recognizable across the world:
a combination of tradition and experimentation, capable of attracting a young and/or sophisticated public, and anybody else who is oriented towards the search for innovative and dynamic experiences, fascinated by what lies at the convergence between high culture, urban landscape, social creativity and the good life.
