On Wednesday 7 April, the European Commission authorised Denmark to pay €1.74 billion in compensation to mink farmers and the mink industry for measures taken in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President responsible for Competition Policy, said that the Danish authorities had taken “far reaching measures to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variants and new outbreaks among mink, which presented a serious threat to the health of citizens in...