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Looking at the requested penalty makes me wonder why they didn't request one trillion. I mean if you are being blatant about your ulterior motive to scare off further investigation into your unethical practices.
Anyway they now got the stink on them. Any railway operator dealing with them will have no one but themselves to blame going forward.
Unfortunately, EU laws mean that they have to let companies bid on contracts, so their influence on who they deal with is somewhat limited.
Even if this is true, and I make no comment on that, you may very well be correct. Without further laws/treaties bidding ≠ selecting. I assume one of the criteria is the company's fitness.
The train operators should recognise that they are in a bit of a monopsony, here.
Add more requirements to the contract that make these kinds of practices impossible/harder to pull off