France and Italy have emerged as the strongest opponents of the European Commission's plan to open up the remaining bulk of postal services to competition, questioning both the 2009 deadline and the liberalisation of public services such as press and light-weight letters distribution.
In the first debate on the postal liberalisation proposal held in Brussels on Monday (11 December), several EU transport ministers voiced their concerns over how to fund and keep the quality of services cu...
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