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Article: TELECOMMUNICATIONS : FRANCE BROKERS POLITICAL DEAL ON TELECOMS PACKAGE.
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- December 2, 2009
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The French EU Presidency met its goal of brokering a political agreement on the complete telecoms package, meant to improve competition and offer better protection to European consumers, on 27 November in Brussels. The United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands abstained on the regulatory aspects of the reform, and thus did not block a unanimous vote by the 27. The negotiations with the European Parliament and the Commission at second reading nevertheless promise to be tough, given their still widely diverging views at this stage.
"This morning, the member states came to realise that it was vital not to block the process," welcomed Luc Chatel, the French state ...