Dutch government's 2019 purchase of Air France-KLM shares 'irregular' - audit office

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A 2019 move by the Dutch government to buy a 14% stake in Air France-KLM was not in accordance with the country's laws, the Netherlands' Court of Audit ruled on Wednesday.The government purchased the shares without informing parliament as part of a campaign to increase its influence over Air France's KLM subsidiary, arguing that if it had announced its intention publicly it would have violated insider trading rules and increased the cost.But the court said under the..