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Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier launched a fierce attack against the tax breaks Boeing gets from Washington State and is encouraging European governments to react fast.

The day before the Berlin Air Show (ILA) opens, Bregier complained about the $8.7 billion in support Boeing negotiated for its latest wide-body program.

"I have a problem and that's the conditions under which the 777X has been launched," Bregier told reporters on Monday. He pointed out that the tax breaks in his view are higher than the total development costs of the program. "But there are rules in this business and tax breaks are illegal."