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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition

E.ON launches final offensive for Endesa takeover

Brussels, 05/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - German energy leader, E.ON, again increased its offer on Friday for a takeover of the Spanish electricity company Endesa. It is now offering €41bn, which will make this the largest takeover ever made in the European energy sector. E.ON president, Wulf Bernotat, informed the press in Madrid: “We are expecting a conclusion on the deal in the first part of April”.

This new proposal will make Endesa shares worth €38.75 each, and increase the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A look at some aspects of European Commission's market cover policies
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EP/TREATY/CLIMATE: Jo Leinen backs Treaty on Climate Protection
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(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: H5N1 virus moves on from Hungary to United Kingdom
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Second allocation plan for Solvenia's greenhouse gas emissions quotas approved, subject to two minor changes
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: EU supports Jacques Chirac's idea of creating UN agency for environment to fight urgent threats
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Germany to plead for increased transparency of “hedge funds” at meeting of G7 Finance ministers
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission to propose to set EU minimum level of taxation of €359 for 1000 litres of commercial diesel by 2012
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(EU) EU/SOCIAL/JHA:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Louis Michel and Alpha Oumar Konaré open consultations for joint EU/Africa strategy to be adopted at EU/Africa summit in Lisbon 2007
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: EU and Japan improve their cooperation in medicines sector
(EU) EU/COURT OF AUDITORS:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Ms Fischer Boel repeats her wishes for future of CAP
(EU) EU/FiSHERIES:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REGIONAL/APPOINTMENT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission expecting “moderately positive” development of cereals market and high level of sugar stocks
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/NGO: Greenpeace hands Commissioner Kyprianou petition containing signatures of one million European citizens calling for compulsory labelling on animal products fed with genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: E.ON launches final offensive for Endesa takeover
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: 33 candidates selected for scientific communication Descartes awards
(EU) EU/ENERGY/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes critical infrastructure identification criteria
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Joint international agreements do not automatically take preference over national legislation
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/ENVIRONMENT: Commission initiates public debate on education and awareness of environmental issues
(EU) EU/EIB: Long-term finance for SMEs in Rwanda
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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