EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES SEEK COMPROMISE ON GROUNDHANDLING LAW

THE EUROPEAN Parliament’s employment and transport committees are combining to hammer out a draft European Union (EU) groundhandling law that has a chance of being passed by MEPs and EU ministers. The move follows December 12’s rejection of the current proposed law by the parliament’s plenary. Polish conservative MEP Artur Zasada is coordinating the latest efforts and said the new proposals would probably give member states more authority over liberalising their groundhandling services than in the rejected proposals.



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