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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9160

26 March 2006
SPECIAL EDITION - SPRING SUMMIT - 23 AND 24 MARCH 2006 / (eu) eu/competition/energy
Madrid forwards information awaited on E.ON/Endesa affair to Commission

Brussels, 26/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The prime minister of Spain, José Luis Zapatero, confirmed on 24 March after the European Council that his government had that same day sent off the extra information awaited by the Commission in the E.ON/Endesa affair. Following the announcement of the takeover bid by the German group on its Spanish rival, Endesa, Madrid had decided to strengthen the powers of the national energy regulator. The government, which is in favour of a partnership between...