Sadly this may be one of the last articles where we have the opportunity to talk about all that former European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy did to further the EU online casino gambling industry. McCreevy made a name for himself over the past several years because of his strong commitment to creating an open and EU market that upheld the tenants of free trading of goods and services between EU member-states. McCreevy led the Commission in aggressive and strong action against those EU member-states operating closed and protected online casino gambling monopolies. McCreevy’s time has ended, however, and Michel Barnier, the former French agriculture minister, has been appointed to the position of European Commissioner.

Funnily enough, the new changes made within the Commission really haven’t sat well with some of the EU member-states…and it has nothing to do with the online casinos! The issue comes from the fact that there were only oh-so-many spots available and there were a lot of countries hoping to fill the spots with a representative from their country. French president Nicolas Sarkozy made matters quite a bit worse with his altogether un-PC comment noting that the UK was the underdog in the latest appointments. For the online casino gambling industry though, there is no telling how Barnier’s appointment will affect the fight for a free and open EU market.

Ostensibly, Barnier will also agree that the EU trade principles dictate strong action against the EU states operating an online casino gambling monopoly. In practice though, this could be entirely different because France is one of the countries that has only just begun to adhere to the Commission’s demands for an open market – in fact, the market isn’t even open yet.

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 8:29 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.