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Mencinger, Bostjan
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Criticism of foreign takeovers in the retail sector
The British holding company Global Special Situations Master Fund (AGSS) has announced plans to purchase 25 percent of the shares in Slovenia's largest retailer Mercator. Bostjan Mencinger opposes this move, saying it would be highly detrimental to competition and represent an attack on the pride of the Slovenian economy. He explains that this would either be "the first step in the sellout of Slovenia's relatively young capitalism... Another possibility is that AGSS is functioning as a mediator for Delta, a Serbian holding company, and this would inevitably lead to the formation of a huge monopolist in the Balkan region which would swallow up Slovenia's Mercator, Serbia's Delta and the Croatian company Konzum."
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Slovenia as the EU's mediator in the Balkans
During his first visit to Slovenia, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso highlighted Slovenia's role as mediator between the EU and the Balkan states. "It was clear from the start that Slovenia knows the region best," writes Bostjan Mencinger. "The European Union expects Slovenia to take part in the process of defining the EU's policies in the Balkans." He adds that Slovenia will focus on its policies towards neighbouring countries, in particular the western Balkan states, during its EU presidency in 2008.
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