The French? Grateful for securing their jobs? Do me a favour!
Ask M&S management how grateful French unions can be.
French companies can buy British or other countries' telephone companies (e.g. Orange) or utilities (a good chunk of water and rail is in French hands) but god forbid any European company should buy Lyonnais Des Eaux or France Telecom.
Stavros is more likely to be told by the ENA graduate elite that he's a poor little Greek boy who shouldn't be interfering in French affairs like some grubby English capitalist.
That's European Union for you.
[This message has been edited by MarkD (edited 15 June 2001).]