Michael Glos says Germany will stick to plans to end Deutsche Post mail monopoly

German economy minister Michael Glos said he wants to adhere to ending the virtual monopoly Deutsche Post AG holds over mail delivery in 2008.

He also plans to discuss the dispute, between several EU member states over Europe-wide postal market liberalisation, at the upcoming EU summit in late June.

Opening the domestic mail delivery markets is in the interest of all EU member states, Glos said.

Deutsche Post is scheduled to lose its mail delivery monopoly for letters weighing up to 50 grams at the end of this year, with the EU seeking a continent-wide liberalisation of the market in 2009.

However, several European countries have not yet made any significant moves to liberalise their domestic postal services.