Germany's ruling coalition is divided over whether the state should have a role in running airline Lufthansa in return for a rescue package the company aims to finalise next week, politicians said on Sunday.
FILE PHOTO: Planes of German carrier Lufthansa parked on a closed runway at Frankfurt airport, Germany, March 23, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus continues. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Rolf Muetzenich, parliamentary party leader of junior coalition partners the Social Democrats, demanded a say in the running of the company in return for financial aid. Joachim Pfeiffer, from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats , said the company must retain the freedom to make “structural adjustments” to remain competitive worldwide.
“The necessary later exit from the state holding will be made even more difficult if the state is involved in the management of the company,” he said.
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