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EurECCA expresses its full and unwavering support for Lufthansa’s cabin crew participating in today’s strike action.

EurECCA expresses its full and unwavering support for Lufthansa’s cabin crew participating in today’s strike action.

The European Cabin Crew Association -EurECCA- welcomes and strongly supports the historic legal victory achieved by its Spanish member organisation, STAVLA (Sindicato de Tripulantes Auxiliares de Vuelo de Líneas Aéreas), concerning the recognition of early retirement rights for cabin crew in Spain.

Recent judicial developments in France, including the final ruling of the Tribunal Judiciaire de Toulon (19 December 2025), subsequently confirmed by the certificate of non-appeal (5 February 2026), recognized that illness may result from chronic occupational exposure to contaminated cabin air, even in the absence of a single identified acute fume event.

The European Cabin Crew Association – EurECCA – expresses its full support for the Aircrews of ITA Airways and easyJet operating in Italy, taking part in the 24-hour national strike scheduled for Thursday 26 February, in support of collective agreement renewals and improved working conditions.

EurECCA calls on European Commission to suspend and terminate the EU–Qatar Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) without delay.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) has already expressed strong concerns about the State of Qatar’s lack of compliance with the EU-Qatar Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement.

The European Social Security Pass is being proposed at a moment when European labour mobility has reached a level of structural complexity that existing legal and administrative instruments are no longer able to sustain.