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"As with previous agreements covering the same area that have been recently adopted by Parliament, and given the specific context in which civil aviation operates, this proposal raises serious concerns about its scope and possible consequences. It concerns an issue with a clear impact on air transport companies, in a sector which is, for various reasons, strategic for safeguarding national interests. In the case of Brazil, this concern is even more pressing. The purpose behind it is clear, and the rapporteur does not make any effort to hide it: the aim is to open the market so as to create ‘new business opportunities for EU airlines’.
We know that the supposed creation of a level playing field for the various European companies contributes to the process of facilitating the monopolistic concentration of the sector, which is already under way, as well as the consequent reduction of the Member States’ capacity to defend their flag-carrying airlines, and thus their legitimate interests, at a number of levels. ‘Free competition’, which is constantly mentioned and seen as sacrosanct, is defended at all costs, and is once again the pillar by which this initiative is supported. The result for this sector is not substantially different from the result for others: the monopolistic concentration that always ends up being imposed in these cases."@en1
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