EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, has picked European buyers for six plants it is selling and rejected proposals from US aerospace firm Spirit AeroSystems
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has promised to do away with the country's wealth tax if he is returned to power in next year's general election.
As the final deadline passed for Alitalia's auction, Lufthansa said it will not bid, but Air France-KLM is making an offer for the unprofitable Italian national carrier.
Belgium has long been seen as a profitable country for foreign investments, but that could change if the country's on-going political crisis continues.
