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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9166

4 April 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council/takeover bid
Jean-Claude Juncker claims right to examine economic and social impact of a takeover

Brussels, 03/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the Financial Times Deutschland on 3 April, just a few days before the Ecofin Council informal meeting on 6 to 8 April in Vienna, the prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, who is to take part at the meeting in his capacity as finance minister, admits he does not understand why “there should be hostile takeover bids in the EU”. Speaking during a debate triggered by the recent wave of controversial takeover bids in...

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