Press release - COVID-19: Single market must emerge stronger from the crisis, say MEPs
The majority of MEPs perceive the timely state aid schemes as a lifeline for companies during the COVID-19 crisis.
- The majority of MEPs perceive the timely state aid schemes as a lifeline for companies during the COVID-19 crisis.
- She agreed that the single market is crucial for recovery and assured MEPs that state aid is temporary, limited and designed to protect from bankruptcies and lay-offs.
- Ms Vestager stressed that the new recovery architecture will focus on minimising internal market distortions.
- Some MEPs insisted that green transformation and accountability to taxpayers should be a precondition for companies to receive aid.