At the European Parliament transport committee on Thursday 11 January, MEPs expressed their support for the draft report by Markus Pieper (EPP, Germany) that, overall, goes in the direction of the European Commission’s proposal to revise regulation 868/2004, presented on 8 June last (see EUROPE 11804) in an effort to tackle unfair competitions from airlines in third countries.
At the opening of this debate, the rapporteur was keen to offer his congratulations to the European Commission,...