Belgium's minister Vande Lanotte, who last week said he was an opponent of further privatisation of former state monopoly Belgacom, now revealed that he would consider a stock listing for the former monopoly under certain conditions. The minister overseeing the country's public enterprises, told radio station RTBF that he could agree to let minority shareholders sell their stake in the telecom operator by means of a stock listing, Reuters reported. But Vande Lanotte reiterated that he would not reduce the state's 50.1 percent stake in Belgacom. "What is on the table is the demand by American shareholders to leave the company by means of the stock listing," he said in an interview with RTBF.
