09/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for Competition, Mario Monti, strongly rejected the assertions according to which the EU uses its competition policy for protectionist means. Senators Mike De Wine (Ohio) and Herb Kohl (Wisconsin) have published, in the Washington Post, an open letter to Mr Monti expressing their concern that the analysis and decision are influenced by a "pan-European protectionism". The spokesperson for Mr Monti, Amelia Torres notes that in the case of...