State Aid State Aid

Comment: Reimposing EU state aid rules might prove harder than lifting them

By Michael Acton, Sarah Anne Aarup and Natalie McNelis
  • 07 Jul 2020 11:28
  • 07 Jul 2020 11:28
Get ready for the political debate around state aid to heat up in the coming months.
It took just a few days in March for the European Commission to decide to suspend its rules as Europe battened down the hatches in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

At some point, however,

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Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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