Brussels, 21/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 21 February, the Commissioner for the internal market, Michel Barnier, attempted to provide assurances to German-speaking MEPs with regard to the draft directive on service concessions. He explained that this was not aimed at opening up services operated by the water board to competition, as feared by many German and Austrian MEPs (see EUROPE 10771).
In response to MEPs from the European Parliament's internal market committee, the...