Darling demands mega-merger stake

Press Association
Updated
Alstair Darling
Alstair Darling

David Jones/PA Wire

Former chancellor Alistair Darling has heaped further pressure on the proposed mega-merger between defence giants BAE Systems and EADS as he said Britain should demand to retain a stake in the combined company.

Mr Darling told the Financial Times that Britain's interests would be damaged if French and German governments, which are current EADS shareholders, sought stakes while the UK did not.
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