Belgium set for golden share

The Belgian government is expected to have a golden share over certain assets in the energy group to be created from the merger of Gaz de France and Suez, the Franco-Belgian power group.
IIt is understood the government is also negotiating with Suez over ways of releasing the group's stranglehold over electricity generation in Belgium, where it controls 90 per cent of the market through its ownership of Electrabel, the Belgian power company.