The Hessian Ministry of Economics, which controls Deutsche Boerse's (DB1Gn.DE) operating licence, says it will use "adequate means" to defend Frankfurt's interests as a financial centre in the proposed merger deal with NYSE Euronext (NYX.N). Dieter Posch, the minister for economics in the state of Hessen, said on Wednesday he would scrutinise the details of the proposed agreement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week, which suggest that some sweeteners offered to Germany in the proposed division of power could be watered down as soon as 2016.[ID:nLDE71K0DP] "Both parties need to profit equally in a merger," Posch said in a statement released after a meeting with Deutsche Boerse's labour representatives on Wednesday.
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