INDUSTRY COMMISSIONER COMMITS TO FOSTER SMALL TEXTILE BUSINESSES
January 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ITALIAN politician nominated the European Union's (EU) new industry commissioner Antonio Tajani has said he would push hard to release credit for hard-pressed clothing and textile small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Tajani said he would use the European Commission's political muscle to push banks into lending more to small businesses. He would also would work with the incoming research Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to drive more EU research money in this direction. Speaking at a European Parliament confirmation hearing in ...
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