EU court rejects Ryanair bid to topple Covid-19 airline aid
Court rules that French and Swedish state subsidies do not break state-aid rules
17 February 2021 - 20:59
Luxembourg — Ryanair lost the first round of its campaign to topple Covid-19 bailouts for rival airlines when a EU court ruled on Wednesday that French and Swedish subsidies didn’t break state-aid rules.
The EU’s General Court in Luxembourg said that the French and Swedish state support was appropriate for tackling serious disturbances to the countries’ economies caused by the pandemic...
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