'Frankenstein' directive resurrects eu divisions
It looks as though the new European Union services directive, cruelly dubbed by critics the 'Frankenstein directive', is to go back to the laboratory for some major corrective surgery.
In the past few weeks, the proposals designed by the former single market commissioner Frits Bolkestein to help European companies win business in other EU countries by cutting back on regulation and increasing competition have drawn heavy fire.
Jacques Chirac, the French president, at the end of last month [March] forced a significant rewrite of the directive amid fears that the controversy surrounding i
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