Summer meddling

French politicians love meddling in the market. So the latest unconfirmed report from Paris – that the government is mulling an anti-market carve-up with Italy of the airline and energy sector - has an unfortunate ring of truth to it. The scheme, reported in Le Parisien, is certainly wonderfully inventive. The government is desperate to push through the controversial merger of state-controlled Gaz de France and Suez, in which it has no stake. Failure would be another nail in the coffin of Domi...