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Nearly 2.8 Million Public Euros Swallowed up in a Year by the Airport of Tours: Almost All Ended up in the Caisses of a Single Company, Under the Heading of "Promotion"

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The Tours-Val de Loire airport has swallowed up €2.8 million of public money in a single year, paid directly to Ryanair under the misleading label of "tourist promotion". This disguised subsidy mechanism is not isolated: Montpellier, La Rochelle and Carcassonne have already been called to order by the European Commission for similar practices. While Brussels has to revise its rules in 2027, the question of the real benefits of these investments …
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The Tours-Val de Loire airport has swallowed up €2.8 million of public money in a single year, paid directly to Ryanair under the misleading label of "tourist promotion". This disguised subsidy mechanism is not isolated: Montpellier, La Rochelle and Carcassonne have already been called to order by the European Commission for similar practices. While Brussels has to revise its rules in 2027, the question of the real benefits of these investments …

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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