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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9163

30 March 2006
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Energy and takeover bids: the powers of the Commission and European legislation

A positive debate. Whatever you say about it, the well-stoked and occasionally somewhat heated debate which has been unfolding in recent times about takeover bids and other large-scale manoeuvres on the part of businesses, in the field of energy in particular, with mutual accusations of "economic nationalism" is, in fact, a positive thing. It is true that some behaviour and certain statements give the impression that national interest takes priority, and that the notion of European interest...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS