- France: The privately-owned Spanish group, ENDESA, has taken over control of SNET - SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ELECTRICITE ET DE THERMIQUE (1,373 workers for 2.5% of French electricity production), a subsidiary of CHARBONNAGES DE FRANCE. ENDESA has increased its stake to 65% of SNET capital (it already held 30%). In total, it will have paid out EUR 571 million for this controlling stake. The remaining 35% are soon to be taken over by GAZ DE FRANCE. - Slovakia: The Italian company ENEL is poised...