Already we have the first test of Boris' "get Brexit done" mantra.
British Airways' owner IAG has filed a state aid complaint to the EU Commission over the government's #Flybe bailout.
The Commission has the power to declare it unlawful. Even after we leave.
Brexit ain't done.
British Airways' owner IAG has filed a state aid complaint to the EU Commission over the government's #Flybe bailout.
The Commission has the power to declare it unlawful. Even after we leave.
Brexit ain't done.
Or to say that more simply:
Even after we leave the EU, the EU could declare a UK bailout of a UK airline to be unlawful.
Put that on a bus, etc.
Even after we leave the EU, the EU could declare a UK bailout of a UK airline to be unlawful.
Put that on a bus, etc.
Granted, we're only really talking until the end of transition in 2020, and for a bit longer in some cases.
But still. Very illustrative of the fact that we're not done yet by any means.
But still. Very illustrative of the fact that we're not done yet by any means.
Though it is probably worth pointing out that the EU did allow Germany to bail out Condor, a subsidiary of Thomas Cook group, when we allowed TC to go bust.
Different case of course, but sign that they might allow it.
Different case of course, but sign that they might allow it.
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