For example, the Union's heavyweights have used a variety of means to maintain the primacy of domestic capital in banking, public utilities and other sectors that are judged to have national strategic importance. Thus, when the Italian group Enel announced its plans to acquire a majority stake in Gaz de France, the French government responded swiftly: a merger between Gaz de France (where the state has a controlling stake) and the private group Suez was announced.
Na primer, najrazvijenije zemlje Unije koristile su razna sredstva da bi održale primat domaćeg kapitala u bankarstvu, komunalnim službama i drugim sektorima za koje se smatra da su od strateškog nacionalnog značaja: kada je italijanska grupa Enel obelodanila planove da kupi većinski udeo u firmi Gaz de Frans (Gaz de France), francuska vlada reagovala je munjevito: objavljeno je da je došlo do spajanja Gaz de Frans (u kome država ima kontrolni paket) sa privatnom grupom Suez.