Brussels, 30/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - In the eye of a storm between France and the Commission over the management of the trade policy, Commissioner for the Internal Market Michel Barnier has acknowledged that the EU has played into the hands of ultra-liberal ideology with its blind support of free trade, but he reaffirms that it rejects protectionism.
The Frenchman's words were unequivocal and smacked of a disavowal for those in favour of the blind pro-free-trade approach of the Commission...