Trade and industry
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Auto Industry: Fit for the scrapheap?
22 January 20101 Presseurop -
Automotive Industry: GM hits reverse on Opel sale
5 November 2009Presseurop -
Climate change: Greening industry – within limits
28 October 200911 La Tribune Paris -
Germany: Cologne is not just a perfume
23 October 2009Cafebabel.com Paris -
Denmark: Know-how brings home bacon
21 October 2009PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
Germany: Brussels sparks row over Opel’s future
20 October 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Belgium-Libya: Socialists facilitate Tripoli arms deal
9 October 2009PresseuropLe Soir -
Trade: Moldova, the next Eldorado
28 September 2009PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Automotive Industry: Might electric cars just fizzle out?
17 September 20091110 Handelsblatt Düsseldorf -
Automobile industry: Trabant reborn as Green car
16 September 20091PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Germany: How long is the Opel lifeline?
11 September 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Germany: Scrappage stops, car sales pop
3 September 2009PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Chemical industry: 54 million animals could fall to REACH
1 September 2009PresseuropLe Monde -
tax havens: Liechtenstein prince angers German Jews
18 August 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Belgium-Netherlands: Vested interest in environmental backtrack?
17 August 2009PresseuropLe Soir -
Denmark: Largest shipyard Lindø due to close
11 August 2009PresseuropBørsen -
Automobile : Porsche, an auto-industry soap opera
24 July 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Petrol: For a few barrels more
23 July 2009172 Vrij Nederland Amsterdam -
Automobile Industry: Beetle devours Porsche
20 July 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Competition: GDF-Suez and Eon face massive fines
9 July 2009PresseuropTrouw -
Iran: Nokia-Siemens and the Mullahs
29 June 2009PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Illegal trade: Diamonds are Mugabe's best friend
25 June 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Automotive industry: Polish motors pick up on European perks
25 June 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Aeronautics: China's Airbus, too many dads
24 June 20091 Libération Paris -
Energy: Oil, a North Sea hostage
24 June 2009La Stampa Turin -
Car industry: Can Sweden's Saab be saved?
17 June 2009PresseuropGöteborgs-Posten -
Crisis: Finance ministers perplexed in the extreme
3 June 2009Der Spiegel Hamburg
The impending shutdown of the Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium, is a sign of the times in the ailing European auto sector. The press gazes beyond the current recession to mull the future of one of the continent’s core industries.
General Motors' decision to back out of a German government-supported deal to sell its subisdiary Opel to the Russia-Canadian consortium Magna-Sberbank has prompted a mixed reaction in Europe: while German politicians and trade union officials reacted furiously, elsewhere commentators were quick to note that German government intervention in the transaction was to say the least inappropriate – though many are willing to admit that other governments would have adopted a similar line of action. 
Behind its ambitious and virtuous façade of fighting global warming, Europe is hell bent on protecting its industries. Should the Copenhagen climate summit come to nought, Europe could let 164 industrial sectors avoid paying for cap-and-trade emission allowances, reports La Tribune. 
It’s no happy coincidence - Eau de Cologne, or cologne, world renowned for centuries, has benefitted from the ideal geographical location of the city that gave it a name. Cafébabel reports from the town that is not just about your granny's 4711. 
Frankfurt is holding its 63rd International Motor Show from 17 to 27 September. This year’s high mass for fast cars gives top billing to clean machines. But, warns the German daily Handelsblatt, this sudden craze may well prove a flash in the pan. 
Royal Dutch Shell is the world's biggest company, according to Fortune rankings. It's also more ecological, more transparent, and safer, its new directors proclaim. At the end of June, the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland published a lengthy investigation of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant. A big carbon footprint, oil spills, and serious shadowy areas persist. Excerpts follow. 
The inauguration of the first ever A320 to be assembled outside Europe was a big step for Chinese aviation and a milestone in a market much coveted by the West. To such an extent that in France, Germany and Britain, tempers have been frayed. 
How can we explain the fact that, in the middle of a global recession, and a corresponding slump in oil demand, that the price of a barrel of the black stuff continues to climb? The answer lies near the port of Rotterdam where, out at sea, fully loaded supertankers must wait until oil barons have decided that the time is ripe for selling. 
While the EU is bent on cleansing the financial markets of gamblers and toxic assets and taming the banking sector, London, Dublin and parts of Eastern Europe are fighting for free markets. - previous
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