- France: The National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) published a recent update on its "Directory of State majority controlled companies" in which it draws an assessment of the French privatisation programme since 1993. According to this study, the French State deeply restructured its stakes over the last eight years and, on the eve of 2001, practically all the privatisation programme defined by the law of July 1993 are now completed. The results of this systematic...