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The Directorate-General for Transport sends me a memo on the impact of Brexit upon the various sectors it covers, should we fail to reach a deal with the UK.

The observations are extremely worrying, particularly as far as the aviation sector is concerned. In this domain the memo predicts an immediate and serious deterioration in traffic between the UK and the Continent; from a legal point of view, the absence of an agreement would be tantamount to a return to the pre-1992 situation when there were only bilateral agreements between the UK and individual member states.

The ability that a British company such as EasyJet enjoys under current EU rules to charter flights between France and Germany, for example, would end overnight. The entire aviation safety regime in force in the UK – currently maintained by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency – would also be called into question. Once again, I am reminded of the incredible complexity of the agreement we have to negotiate and the multiplicity of subjects it covers.