The Petitions Committee of the European Parliament (EC) decided to keep the report open who testified on behalf of the Association of Relatives of Tempo Victims, h Maria Karystianou.

The issue of the Tempe train crash was discussed today in the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions with the emergency procedure. At the end of the debate, the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Petitions, Jana Toom (Estonia, Liberals) announced that the petition remains open and the matter is being referred to the Committee on Justice and Freedoms (LIBE) and the Committee on Transport (TRAN) of the European Parliament, while requesting from the European Commission an updated written reply.

In her intervention, Maria Karystianou, mother of eleven-year-old Martha who lost her life in the accident in Tempe, stated that the voice of the relatives of the victims was magnified because it joined the voice of of one million three hundred thousand citizens who have co-signed the petition submitted to the European Parliament.

He explained that there are three requests of major EU interest: the protection of the Rule of Law, the protection of life and physical integrity of citizens and the safety of transport. The petition denounces, among other things, “the cover-up that followed the incident, especially regarding the cargo, which caused the unexplained explosion and fire, as well as the illegal alteration of the scene of the collision, which prevented the collection of evidence.”

They supported the decision to keep the report on the Tempe accident open all political groups of the European Parliament.