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"Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur and colleagues for their work on this report. I will not say that we need the Single European Sky now, because we needed it yesterday. I am really disappointed over the lack of political will from many of the Member States in making this a reality. However, I am happy to say that the United Kingdom Government has been fully supportive of the Single European Sky. Yes, that is the UK wanting more Europe on this issue, despite some of our Conservatives flirting with a UK exit from the EU.
The fragmentation of European airspace is estimated to cost more than EUR[nbsp ]3 billion a year. It is costing jobs and is unnecessarily increasing our CO
emissions. We need a more efficient European airspace to relieve congestion around airports and to meet our environmental challenges. A sustainable future for aviation in Europe means that we have to make the right efforts now.
However, I am really disappointed that national politics came to play a role in this proposal, which is supposed to be about European added value. Is there any common sense whatsoever in excluding Gibraltar Airport from this legislation? This legislation is about our skies. It is about making air traffic controllers work better together. Airport traffic controllers at Gibraltar Airport do not work alone; they liaise with their Spanish air traffic controller colleagues in Seville. So why do some colleagues want to impede this cooperation? Why do they want to isolate Gibraltar?
The Liberal Democrats will vote tomorrow against all the amendments excluding Gibraltar from this legislation. Despite our deep commitment to the Single European Sky, we may find ourselves having to abstain on the final vote if Gibraltar – which is part of the European Union, remember – were to be excluded from EU law.
I urge colleagues not to play into the hands of national politics but to support the Commission’s proposal, which was to include Gibraltar Airport in this law. Please vote against Amendment[nbsp ]27."@en1
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