Brussels, 06/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has asked the Irish government to significantly amend its proposal to guarantee bank deposits - in other words, to bring them into line with Community state aid rules. On Dutch television on Sunday, the commissioner said that the Irish authorities had agreed.
“My people were in Dublin on Friday and Saturday, and returned with positive news that there will be corrections to the plan. They (the Irish...