On Monday 11 January, the head of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Transport (DG MOVE), Filip Cornelis, was confronted with a series of speeches full of concern, incomprehension, and even total disagreement when he appeared before the European Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN).
Mr Cornelis had been invited to present to MEPs the recent Commission proposal for a regulation on the allocation of slots at EU airports (see EUROPE B12625A9). The institution hopes that...