McCreevy to get tough on protectionism

EU INTERNAL Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is expected to declare all-out war today on France, Spain and Poland and other countries trying to block foreign takeovers.

He will accuse them of betraying their workers, investors and savers and taking the route to economic stagnation and decline when he addresses the London School of Economics today.

“Does anyone really think that I am going to turn a blind eye to the cosy old-boy networks between politicians and managers of companies? If they do, they are living in a fool’s paradise,” his script states.