SINGLE SKY – MILITARY

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Parliament is using its legislative muscle to insist more efforts be made under the EU's nascent single sky system to coordinate the military and civilian use of Europe's airspace. In its second reading of four proposed laws underpinning the project, MEP's passed amendments, which could force the hand of the European Commission and the Council of Ministers regarding military involvement, given parliament's veto powers. In changes to the umbrella 'framework regulation,' MEP's voted for the single sky committee, helping the Commission ...


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