On Wednesday 17 February, the General Court of the European Union validated the public aid paid by France and Sweden to save their airlines Air France and SAS, which have been devastated by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
In two judgments (cases T-259/20 and T-238/20), it dismissed Ryanair’s applications to annul the European Commission decisions giving the green light to the French and Swedish State Aid.
France. For the General Court, the moratorium on the payment of taxes put...