Court of Europe had annulled the decision of approval on State
Aid for Lufthansa Group
Today, Budget airline Ryanair, as well as charter company Condor,
won an EU court case, which annulled the European Commission's
decision to approve German state aid given to Lufthansa Group.
RyanAir succesfully contested against billions of euros in state
aid granted to its rivals to support them through the coronavirus
crisis.
As RyanAir said in a statement: "If Europe is to emerge
from this crisis with a functioning single market, the European
Commission must stand up to national governments and stop
rubberstamping discriminatory state aid to inefficient national
airlines,"
Although the European Commission has a margin of discretion with
regard to economic matters, that does not mean that they must
refrain from reviewing the Commission's interpretation of
information of an economic nature. Not only must they establish, in
particular, whether the evidence relied on is
