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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7960

9 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Bolkestein deplores blocking of directive on public offerings

Brussels, 08/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Frits Bolkestein, responsible for internal market policy, said on Monday that he is "very disappointed to learn Germany has changed its mind at the last minute over the adoption of the draft directive on public take over bids". He recalled that this directive is among the priorities defined by the European Council of Lisbon in March 2000 to make the EU the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. "There are only nine years left, as...

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