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"Mr President, I should like to thank both the rapporteurs for producing quality reports. I can support most of their amendments, but I have strong reservations about 10 out of the 51 amendments. The United Kingdom is a strong supporter of the Single European Sky concept. Personally, I wish to see it implemented as soon as possible to eliminate delays, reduce emissions and enhance safety. My primary reservations stem from how to best secure the military's involvement in the Single European Sky. That it why I support the Council's common position – its compromise on the flexible use of airspace where civil access is permitted to designated military airspace when it is not in use.
This compromise solution was arrived at after careful negotiations over many months. I consider that it offers genuine and important benefits by ensuring that the greater effectiveness of the FUA concept is rolled out across the European Union. Amendments that bring the military into the scope of the Single European Sky regulations will clearly be opposed by some Members and, I fear, by many in the Council. Reopening the debate on this issue will clearly be counterproductive to the whole process of the Single European Sky.
In conclusion, there is a real danger that, by seeking to amend the common position in this regard, we might jeopardise the entire Single European Sky project, something I am sure that we all wish to avoid."@en1
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