On Wednesday 16 October, the European Commission and the ambassadors of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) discussed the negotiation of the EU’s aviation agreements with third countries. The two parties do not have the same interpretation of Article 218(11) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) concerning the Commission’s mandate, which has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for clarification of the EU’s powers with regard to...