The negotiation meeting (trilogue) between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the ‘Single European Sky’ was blocked on Thursday 16 November because the Spanish Presidency of the Council did not have a mandate (see EUROPE B13194A7). A dozen Member States have rejected the Presidency’s proposals, leaving it no room for manoeuvre.
“You could call this meeting an ‘exploratory trilogue’”, quipped a European source contacted by EUROPE after the meeting. “The...