Press Release: Corporate governance: Commissioner McCreevy outlines his views to European Forum

European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, on 20 January 2005 opened the first meeting of the European Corporate Governance Forum which had been formally established by the Commission on 15 October 2004 (see IP/04/1241). Welcoming some of the most prominent European personalities in the field of corporate governance, the Commissioner underlined again the fundamental importance of sound corporate governance for the European Union, as an element in boosting market confidence, encouraging investment and therefore in helping push the EU meet its Lisbon competitiveness objectives

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European Commission: DG Internal Market: Company Law and Corporate Governance: European Corporate Governance Forum http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/company/ecgforum/index_en.htm

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