BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 9, 1999 ISSUE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Van Miert's Legacy SPEEDED DEREGULATION Cracked open telecom and aviation markets in 1998. Now has begun opening up postal and energy monopolies to competition. TRIMMED STATE AID Battled German aid to Volkswagen and French aid to Credit Lyonnais and Air France. Now has opened full-scale investigations into possible illegal subsidies to Deutsche Post, France Television, and Italy's RAI. RAISED BRUSSELS' PROFILE Made the European Commission a global player by forcing concessions from Boeing during its takeover of McDonnell Douglas. FOUGHT COZY DEALS Broke up steel, cement, and carton-board cartels. Now has fined British Airways for bullying travel agents and ordered dawn raids against Coca-Cola and Belgian beermaker Interbrew. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS A Euro Trustbuster's Parting Volley (int'l edition) TABLE: Van Miert's Legacy INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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