Mr. Michael O'Leary:

The bizarre issue about the EU is that it is only taxing EU passengers. Aviation accounts for about 2.4% of Europe's carbon dioxide emissions. Some 53% of that 2.4% is created by long-haul flights and we exempt all the long-haul flights.

The people creating most of the CO2 emissions in aviation in Europe - the Americans, Russians, Chinese and everybody else coming to Europe - are completely exempt. Yet, we tax the hell out of our citizens in Europe on their short-haul flights.