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Old 15th January 2020, 20:09   #24
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Originally Posted by mbev51 View Post
I suppose once we are out of the eu, the government will be able to do what it pleases in such matters
Yes - it will have more freedom to help key industries. But let’s not forget that despite EU rules - Belgium bailed out Sabena for years before it finally went bust. The EU looked the other way.

Similarly the Italian government gave Alitalia millions to try to keep it going - despite being told rules were broken, the EU looked the other way.

And very recently the German Government gave the German arm of Thomas Cook - Condor - the sum of €380M to keep it going - and here the EU were well aware of it and so far have done nothing.

Interesting precedents......
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