European Commissioner for Competition

EU competition chief: avoid car subsidy race

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union's competition chief said Friday that Germany and France should avoid entering a global "subsidy race" to bail out the ailing car industry. EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said...

UPDATE - EU's Kroes warns against race for auto subsidies (at Reuters)

By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Europe's competition chief warned Germany and France on Friday against starting a race with the United States to subsidise the car industry. Automakers around the world have warned...

State aid: Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes hosts 21 November c..

Vrijdag 21 november 2008 | European Union ] The State Aid Action Plan has been the most comprehensive reform of the EU's State aid rules ever. A high-level conference in Brussels on Friday 21 November hosted by the European...

EU warns against car subsidies

Neelie Kroes believes car makers can use existing EU aid mechanisms EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has told France and Germany not to start a "subsidy race" with the US to save the car industry. She said the European...

UPDATE 1-Austria could adjust terms of bank measures -cbank

By Boris Groendahl VIENNA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Austrian central bank governor Ewald Nowotny said on Friday that some of the terms under which Austria is providing capital injections for its banks, including Erste Group Bank,...

GM dismisses Opel overture (Reuters)

General Motors dismissed a surprise overture for its cash-strapped German unit on Wednesday as calls mounted for European governments to come to the aid of automakers hit by the global financial crisis.

As in America, Europe's carmakers want state funds

If Detroit’s disintegrating carmakers are bailed out, Europe’s will be next in lineIT IS not just in Washington, DC, that a fierce debate is being conducted about whether to provide state aid to the beleaguered car industry. On...

Banking baddies get help but Europe's car industry is left to languish

Bankers are now the most hated professionals, more so even than politicians and journalists. Through reckless greed and the selfish pursuit of their annual bonus, they brought the west's financial system to its knees. They...

Auto chief execs ask Senate panel for bailout

By Patrick Fitzgibbons NEW YORK (Reuters) - Auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential...

Europe eyes targeted aid to carmakers

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Any European Union support for automobile companies will be temporary and tied to goals such as improving the sector's environmental performance, EU sources said on Tuesday. "What will not happen ... is a...