On Tuesday 10 September, following an in-depth investigation launched in October 2018 (see EUROPE B12126A13), the European Commission asked Germany to recover around €14 million in illegal state aid granted by the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate to the low-cost airline Ryanair and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
According to the EU institution, the following measures are incompatible with EU state aid rules: (1) the return to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport of a plot of land previously acquired by the Land...