SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

EU/Qatar air transport agreement, several MEPs concerned about lack of prior consultation with European Parliament

Brussels, 31/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport questioned the European Commission, on Tuesday 31 January, about updating the ratification process for the EU-Qatar air transport agreement (see EUROPE B12817A34), following the corruption scandal that shook the European Parliament(see EUROPE B13085A20).

Several MEPs first pointed out that the European Parliament was only asked to vote at the end of the process, whereas the agreement was negotiated by the European Commission -...