During an initial debate at the European Parliament’s international trade committee on Monday 25 September on a package unveiled by the European Commission on 14 September for a common framework for filtering foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe from outside the EU (see EUROPE 11862), a number of MEPs stressed the need to monitor, at EU level, FDI from abroad in key European sectors – especially where the investment comes from countries that limit or prevent access to their own...