{"id":111609,"date":"2021-06-09T15:14:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=111609"},"modified":"2021-06-09T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T15:14:49","slug":"eu-court-annuls-german-aid-to-condor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/06\/eu-court-annuls-german-aid-to-condor.html","title":{"rendered":"EU Court annuls German aid to Condor."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The General Court of the European Union upheld on Wednesday an appeal filed by <strong>Ryanair<\/strong> and annulled the authorization granted by the European Commission to Germany to give 550 million euros in public aid to the airline <strong>Condor<\/strong> for the covid pandemic, considering that Brussels did not give sufficient reasons for its decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the European court suspended the effects of the annulment until the EU executive branch adopts a new decision, since an immediate review of the aid to Condor &#8220;would have very damaging consequences for Germany&#8217;s economy&#8221; given the serious economic disruption caused by covid-19, according to EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the third time that the General Court has annulled state aid granted to an airline because of the pandemic at Ryanair&#8217;s request, after it decided the same thing in May also for lack of motivation for Portugal&#8217;s bailout of TAP and the Netherlands&#8217; bailout of KLM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court, however, has upheld the Commission in most of the cases contested by the Irish low-cost airline that it has ruled on so far. 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