Germany Duels With EU Over $9.9 Billion Bailout for Lufthansa
- Ministers push back against EU demand to give up slots
- Tension mounts as airline says it struggles to make payroll
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The German government bristled at the European Commission’s antitrust demands on its 9 billion-euro ($9.9 billion) bailout of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, in a sign of rising tensions over the stalled aid package.
The insistence by officials in Brussels that Lufthansa ditch some of its takeoff-and-landing slots in Frankfurt and Munich is unfair, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer told Germany’s Bild newspaper late Wednesday.