Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-02-08
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[01] PASOK: Gov't to blame for EU court rejection
[01] PASOK: Gov't to blame for EU court rejection
Main opposition PASOK on Thursday said that the management of Greece's
ailing Olympic Airlines (OA) and the government had botched the
handling of OA's case before the European Court of Justice and placed
the airline's future in jeopardy.
PASOK's Dinos Rovlias, in charge of transport and telecommunications in
PASOK's Parliamentary Council, said this led the court to turn down
Greece's application to stay a Commission decision that ordered OA to
pay back 452 million euros that the Commission considers illegal state
subsidies.
Noting that the government had suffered a major defeat, he stressed
that the application for a stay had been turned down by the EU Court of
First Instance because OA had failed to prove the urgency of the case
or that OA would suffer irreparable damage if the order were executed.
"This rejection, combined with the publicity given to this issue, could
have an impact on OA's entire course," Rovlias said.
He called on the government to brief Parliament and the Greek people on
its next moves and to "stop daily devaluing Olympic with its actions,
omissions and mistakes".
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