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The European View column was launched in 2004 to provide sharp comment and pithy judgments on the corporate, business and financial issues of the moment across the continent.
Regular contributors to European View include Paul Betts.
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Could Suzuki provide VW’s magic number?
A deal with the Japanese company would help resolve the German group’s Achilles heel and move it closer to Ferdinand Piëch’s aim of controlling 12 brands
Capello’s masterclass for on-the-ball Finmeccanica
Fabio Capello, the England football manager, gave the Italian defence group Finmeccanica a masterclass on leadership, but he might have asked its boss Pier Francesco Guarguaglini for some tips on how to creep up on the opposition and walk away with the main prize
No surprise ending in the Areva T&D pantomime
France might already have chosen a winner in the sale of the power group, but it is by no means the only state to indulge in patriotic protectionism
France risks an electric shock over pay focus
There has been a small revolution over a pay award to Henri Proglio, France’s newest servant, who has just taken over at EDF, the government-controlled utility
Aerospace industry is flying turbulent course
The industry seems to be heading for greater turbulence as there are already too many planes in the sky and far too many new planes on the manufacturers’ order books
Lombard pulls Swiss rabbit from his hat
Didier Lombard has not let a spate of distractions keep his eye off maintaining France Telecom’s place in the pack
Sportsmanship loses out in America’s Cup
Yachting’s oldest international contest is still dominated by tycoons but of a totally different ilk and with little regard, it seems, for sportsmanship
Are Swiss bankers going to turn into tax collectors?
Patrick Odier, the new chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association, has certainly wasted little time in setting the cat among the pigeons in the traditionally arcane world of private Swiss banking, urging his fellow private bankers to consider making a radical change in the industry’s model, with ‘tax honesty’ becoming the new mantra
Ferrero boys should stay cool as Cadbury talk hots up
With the group in the spotlight over a possible bid for Cadbury it should remember that a benefit of being a successful private company lies in controlling one’s own destiny
Vivendi’s turbulent party picks up a guest in Brazil
There seems to be a party atmosphere at Vivendi these days – at least according to one veteran director who says of sitting on the French entertainment and telecoms conglomerate’s board: “C’est du fun.” And the company is now taking the party to Brazil
