Europe
continues
to
represent
a
thorn
in
the
heel
of
the
Paris-based
company,
which
is
blasting
its
way
into
fast-growing
markets
like
Thailand,
Brazil
and
Indonesia,
to
offset
the
“deteriorating”
European
environment.
Net
2012
profits
fell
to
€1.55bn
($2.04bn)
from
€4bn
a
year
ago,
dented
by
a
€2bn
impairment
charge
–
mostly
linked
to
weak
European
demand
–
which
the
Paris-based
company
had
flagged
up
in
December.
The
decline
came
against
a
7%
revenue
uptick,
to
€97bn.
GDF
Suez
is
pushing
forward
with
a
remake
of
its
European
business
to
“anticipate
and
accompany
changes”…
