Strasbourg, 07/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Foreign direct investment (fdi) was made the exclusive power of the European Union under the Lisbon Treaty and the European Commission must now strike the right balance between protection of legal investor rights and guaranteeing the right of the public authorities to regulate without coming under threat from private interests, particularly when it comes to the social and environmental aspects of fdi. This requires detailed definitions of types of...