The European Commission on Wednesday opened investigations into two business groups bidding for a public contract to build and operate a solar panel plant in Romania. The probes "aim to preserve Europe’s economic security and competitiveness" in the strategically important solar panel sector, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a statement. The EU's executive arm is investigating after preliminary checks found foreign subsidies may have helped the bidders unfairly compete for
A Chinese company has dropped a bid, subject to a European Commission investigation, for a public contract for electric trains in Bulgaria, the EU executive arm announced on Tusday. The European Union's market "is open for firms that are truly competitive and play fair," EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said in a statement in praise of the outcome. The commission announced an investigation in February into a bid from CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co. Ltd, a Chinese company, for a
A Grand Chute town supervisor is charged with illegally benefiting from a public contract, after his company got paid nearly $28,000 for landscaping work.