On Monday 8 July, the European Commission announced that it had opened an in-depth investigation to examine the compliance of a €6 billion German recapitalisation measure for the airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
The Commission initially approved the measure in June 2020 under the temporary framework, as amended to relax the rules on State aid during the Covid-19 pandemic, subject to Lufthansa fulfilling a number of commitments (see EUROPE B12514A6, B12497A20).
However, in May 2023, the...