EU LIBERALIZES MAIL, BUT COMPETITION INTERMITTENT On January 1, 11 member states of the European Union ended their postal monopolies, although observers expressed concern that actual competition has been slow to develop across much of the continent. Under the terms of the EU's Third Postal Directive, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France,...
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CRISIS LOOMS IN BRITAIN OVER PRIVATIZATION Citing a “lethal combination of circumstances” threatening Royal Mail’s viability, Vince Cable, Business Secretary of the country’s conservative-liberal coalition, said on September 10 that the government is moving ahead with controversial legislation to privatize Britain’s postal service. Privatization is the only way to continue to...