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Old May 7, 2018, 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by kjnangre
My guess is that it's a lot of politics and empty threats. How many times did DL go thru bankruptcy? And look where they are now. Despite what they may say now, the French govt will certainly not allow AF to fail.
The Macron government is different then others. Look at what has already happened with the train company. He was Finance Minister and is still popular despite the dislike by some of the reforms at the train company.

Regardless, I don't see much impact on DL, beyond loses due to shareholdings.
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