Engie will not be controlled by Chinese or US-UK investors, government official says (translated)
22 JUN 2018
The French government is planning to strictly monitor the future shareholding structure of listed French energy group Engie [EPA:ENGI], French daily L’Agefi reported. The report cited Martin Vial, commissioner for the French State‘s participation , as saying that the government would make sure that Engie is not controlled ultimately by investors from China, the US or the UK. He added that he was following a similar situation in Portugal, where Portuguese company Energias de Portugal received an offer from China Three Gorges.
The report noted that the French government presented its PACTE bill this week, which includes the privatisation of companies such as Engie, airports operator Aeroports de Paris [EPA:ADP] (ADP), and state-owned lottery gaming specialist Francaise des Jeux (FDJ).
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