Brussels, 26/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the European Commission proposed a Directive on the surveillance of financial conglomerates foreseen by the action plan for financial services. The initiative is part of the framework for the achievement within the EU of an integrated market by 2005, in order to make up for the delay compared to the United States. To tackle the consolidation underway in the stock markets, which leads to the creation of cross-sectoral financial groups, that...