Ruete studied law in Marburg, Cologne, Berlin and Gießen and obtained his doctorate in 1984 at the University of Gießen with a thesis on copyright, intellectual property and British collecting societies.
He joined the European Commission in 1986. He held various administrative positions before taking over the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN) in 2006 . [1]
From 2014 to 2017, he was Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs. [2]
From March 2018, he was a special adviser in the Secretariat-General of the European Commission in charge of strategic issues related to the Energy Union, the Security Union, subsidiarity and proportionality. [3]
As of 1 January 2019, he was appointed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport as one of the eleven European Transport Coordinators for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) , in which he succeeds Belgian Karel Vinck for four years.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN RAIL
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Γιατί το 2021 είναι η χρονιά του τρένου
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Planète : ceux qui l’aiment prendront le train
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L’Europe met le paquet sur le train de nuit
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Lange-afstandstreinen moeten EU naar klimaatdoel brengen
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