The European Union wants competition in utilities

The commissioner said she wanted to "unbundle" large companies such as Germany's E.On, and Electricite de France - so that the businesses that generated power and supplied gas were not the same ones that controlled the network of pipelines.[\[1\]](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6248227.stm "BBC NEWS | Business | EU warns inefficient energy firms")

I wonder how that will square with the socialist governance of France.

1. BBC. "EU warns inefficient energy firms" BBC News. 2007-01-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6248227.stm