MINISTERS AND MEPS MOVE TOWARDS LONG AWAITED DEAL ON FULL EU POSTAL LIBERALISATION

BY KEITH NUTHALL GOODS transport firms wanting to exploit full scale liberalisation of the European Union's (EU) postal services may see swift progress this month, with the EU's German presidency pushing reforms at the EU summit, June 21-22, in Brussels. This follows debates last week at the EU Council of Ministers, after which Germany's economics minister Michael Glos said: "Clear progress is discernable on the path towards the liberalisation of the European postal services," adding he was "very confident that a positive decision will be taken in the near ...


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