http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/europeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/europeancommentFT.com - European Viewen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 3 Jul 2008 19:30 BSTSun, 06 Jul 2008 16:47:09 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/europeancomment(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c9e60c0-492b-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c9e60c0-492b-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThe French love tinkering with their tax regime for the purposes of social engineering. The state provides fiscal incentives to buy property, hire home help and have babies. But the government is now becoming enthusiastic about using taxes to persuade consumers to turn greenThu, 3 Jul 2008 19:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2acf14ce-485b-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2acf14ce-485b-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlAs the Parmalat scandal rumbles on, Enrico Bondi arrives in the US to battle with banks he alleges were in cahoots with the Italian dairy group's former managementWed, 2 Jul 2008 18:47 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16fc9eca-4799-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16fc9eca-4799-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlBoth France Telecom and EDF may once have seemed to enjoy infinite government-backed resources, but now that they are privatised or partly privatised the sky is no longer the limit when it comes to big takeovers Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d23c626-46c6-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d23c626-46c6-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlRecent blunders at some of Europe's biggest companies seriously risk undermining their image in the marketMon, 30 Jun 2008 19:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9bf6d1a-43b0-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9bf6d1a-43b0-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlAlessandro Profumo plots aggressive expansion in central and eastern Europe where the bank envisages opening 1,300 new branchesThu, 26 Jun 2008 19:59 BST