Brussels, 21/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Germany appears to favour the idea of a transition period for the scrapping of multiple voting rights in the framework of the merger directive, according to Community sources on Friday. Sweden and France are reported to be opposing the idea. Council negotiations over this issue are still at an early stage.
On Thursday, the Greek Presidency unveiled a draft compromise to the Council working group on mergers, along with a draft progress report (to be...