11/07/2024 (Agence Europe) – Questioned on Thursday 11 July about the European Commission’s decision, announced on 3 July, to accept, subject to conditions, the acquisition of the Italian airline ITA by Lufthansa and the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance (see EUROPE B13445A14), the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, denied that the decision had been politically motivated. She pointed out that the European Commission’s responsibility when examining...