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Covid-19 aid package unfair, say independent operators

2020-09-02T12:44:00

DB Cargo train (Photo: DB).

GERMANY: Financial aid earmarked for national operator Deutsche Bahn in the form of a €5bn equity increase as compensation for the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic constitutes unfair state aid under European Union law, according to Netzwerk Europäischer Eisenbahnen, an association of around 60 independent rail freight operators.

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