European Parliament 27 February 2012, Written question E-002189/12 Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) to the Commission. Shopping for acquisitions

Question for written answer E-002189/12 to the Commission Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) (27 February 2012) Subject: Shopping for acquisitions Between 2008 and 2011, at least 15 Italian companies took the plunge and bought out foreign competitors who were in varying levels of difficulty or who had been weakened by the crisis.