“Employment quality and service quality go hand in hand”, says CESI secretary general Helmut Müllers. CESI strongly criticizes the Commission’s plan to further deregulate airport ground services. It has been announced that a new legislative package with directives on slots, air security and ground services is to be published by December 1st. “The first steps taken back in the 1990s have shown poor results on the well functioning of airport services”, explains Müllers referring to the ground service liberalization directive of 1996.

Elections will be held in Egypt between November 28 and January 10 and the political campaign already began at the beginning of this month. Television is a crucial battleground – some figures suggest that TV is the main source of information for as many as 97 percent of Egyptians – but personal popularity will also be vital; Egyptians are brought up to vote not for great policy platforms but for the people they know and like.

Today the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament adopted unanimously a draft Motion for a Resolution on the Open Internet and Net Neutrality that reaffirms the crucial role played by competition for the preservation of the open character of the internet. The European Parliament is expected to adopt the text of the Resolution in the November 2011 plenary session.

Brussels, 19 October 2011: The Brewers of Europe welcome EU Health Commissioner John Dalli’s speech today to the European Alcohol and Health Forum and his ongoing support for the multi-stakeholder approach and voluntary action to prevent alcohol-related harm. Europe’s brewers remain fully committed both to the Forum and to Commissioner Dalli’s clear wish for Forum members to step up.