FRANCE TAKES CONTROL OF KEY EU INTERNAL MARKET PORTFOLIO
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE has secured control of the key European Commission internal market portfolio for the next five years, according to the new team unveiled today by the Commission's president José Manuel Barroso. The move, if confirmed by the European Parliament in January, is sure to spark concerns amongst supporters of liberalisation given the French government's usual support for bureaucratic controls on the economy. Its appointee will be Michel Barnier, a former European commissioner for regional policy and French agriculture minister. He is currently ...
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