Billionaire’s Kretinsky Plan to Buy Atos Assets Sparks French Worry
- Republicains’ Marleix says investigation committee an option
- Czech billionaire plans to buy legacy IT unit of tech group
Daniel Kretinsky
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A group of French opposition lawmakers is seeking to delay or even block Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s plan to acquire part of embattled tech company Atos SE due to national security concerns.
One option to raise public awareness and pressure the government to act could be a parliamentary investigation committee, according to Olivier Marleix, who leads the conservative Les Republicains in France‘s lower house and is one of those spearheading the push.