Ms Margrethe Vestager:

We go through things in an extremely careful way. For instance, we work through things from one side, then we try to see if it would look different if we entered the process at different stages. We use a panel of people who are not engaged in the case to ensure that we have engaged the devil's advocate to ask the questions one might not ask if one was working on the case. In these cases, the experience, not just mine from the last two and a half years but also previously, is that these cases will be appealed. Therefore, obviously we should prepare the case. It is also obvious in any other case because people who do not appeal the decisions should know that the work that has backed up and led to the decision is as qualified as if it were appealed, which is why we use the same procedures in every state aid case. Regardless of whether we fight, we look to see whether there is a probability that it will be repealed or not. In the meantime, we did the work. I think the goodwill case was decided upon and the Commission won the case.