Judges typically will only allowbail pending appeal for a defendant who has been sentenced to prison when there are significant questions of law associated with the verdict.
When the crisis first struck, the commission's competition regulators relaxed their rules on state aid to allow the bail-out of banks and to help firms that suddenly faced a dearth of credit.
Then he required the French government to give its aid to Alstom in the form of debt, rather than through the purchase of shares in the firm, so that the aid could be reclaimed should he refuse to allow the bail-out.