The projects of the Bloco de Esquerda to nationalize TAP and the PCP and the Greens to transfer the airline to public control were this Friday led by 197 of the 230 deputies.
A requirement by the Liberal Initiative was also failed that any State aid to the carrier had to be approved by Parliament.
TAP cannot benefit from the European Union’s aid framework
The European Commission said on Thursday that TAP could not benefit from the extraordinary aid framework, which was created to respond to the pandemic, because the company’s financial problems predated this crisis.
The clarification came after the Minister of Infrastructure said that the aid model, which implies restructuring, had been imposed by Brussels.
Minister of Infrastructure attacks private shareholders of TAP
The Minister of Infrastructure believes that the precautionary measure brought by the Commercial Association of Porto it will not stop State aid to TAP.
In statements to a PS podcast, Pedro Nuno Santos again attacked private shareholders, who he accused of not being truly committed to the company’s future.
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