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Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the U.S. Open Skies Policy and 10th Anniversary of the U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement →

Today the United States and the European Union (EU) mark the 25th anniversary of the first U.S. Open Skies agreement, with the Netherlands and the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-European Union Open Skies Agreement. These landmark achievements – and 25 years of the overall U.S. Open Skies policy – have benefitted the civil aviation markets of the United States and Europe, and have contributed a market-based international aviation system that minimizes government intervention and facilitates opportunities for increasing travel, commercial and business exchanges, investment and trade, and tourism.

President Barroso and Secretary Kerry Engage the Next Generation of Transatlantic Leaders

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso meet with young European and American fellows in Brussels, Belgium, on April 22, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

About the Author: Jonathan Howard serves as Deputy Press Attache at the U.S. Mission to the European Union.

Secretary of State John Kerry was welcomed on his first visit to Brussels, the “Capital of Europe,” by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on April 22. After discussing ways to strengthen the transatlantic partnership, President Barroso and Secretary Kerry engaged in a wide-ranging dialogue with future U.S. and EU leaders who are currently doing young professional “stagiaire” fellowships at the European Commission. Rather than share my own thoughts on the event, I would like to share with you the observations of Alex Gish, a “stagiaire” at the European Commission who posed the first question at the event. Alex writes:

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(Source: blogs.state.gov)