On Monday, the two French energy groups GDF - GAZ DE FRANCE and SUEZ presented the details of their planned merger, changed from the one presented 18 months ago, after the plan initially announced, which first of all intended to oppose the purchase of SUEZ by the Italian ENEL. The new entity, in which the French State will hold a blocking minority of 34%, will be known as GDF SUEZ and the two groups plan to merge “as soon as possible, in the course of 2008”; the CEO will be Gérard...