http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/europeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/europeancommentFT.com - European Viewen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:16 GMTMon, 9 Nov 2009 00:16:54 +0000Newspapers15http://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://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7454ae0-ca31-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7454ae0-ca31-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlEssilor's long-term approach has been part of the French eyeglass maker's secret of success. The company not only prepares its successions well in advance but is also pretty unusual in directly involving its employees in the choice of their future boss Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:16 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e49a32c8-c7d3-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e49a32c8-c7d3-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.html The new-generation European pressurised reactor, which was supposed to spearhead French exports of the country's nuclear savoir-faire around the world, appears to be presenting problems for ArevaMon, 2 Nov 2009 18:18 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a63a40be-c4b7-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a63a40be-c4b7-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html French business anomaly Xavier Nel is confident of being able to apply the same successful strategy he deployed for broadband internet access to the mobile telephone business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:32 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c1a4002-c417-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c1a4002-c417-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html A new bill due to be debated in the Duma proposing to increase the excise duty on beer by 200 per cent next year threatens jobs and could further tarnish the country's reputation with the international investment community Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:26 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8555eca0-c321-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8555eca0-c321-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.htmlBrussels' demand that banking groups that were granted massive state aid during the crisis shed large chunks of their assets on competition grounds could fuel an unwanted merger and acquisition revival in the financial sectorTue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38 GMT