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EU Draft Merger Guidelines: Experts Weigh In

The European Commission unveiled its draft revised merger guidelines last week, setting out the agency’s “more forward-looking” approach to reviews. GCR asked five leading experts to discuss its practical implications and issues that risk being overlooked in the debate that follows.

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CEOs of major technology companies have launched a lobbying campaign to relax European merger rules. Airbus, ASML, Ericsson, Siemens, Mistral, Nokia, and SAP, among others, have joined forces and write that more flexible merger rules are necessary for European tech companies to remain competitive in the international market.

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CEOE President Antonio Garamendi has stressed the importance of the new Merger Guidelines in which the European Commission works to boost the competitiveness of the EU and companies. “In an international context such as the current one of uncertainty and complexity, with a clear impact on the business fabric, it is crucial... The entry CEOE underlines to Ribera the key role of the new European Merger Guidelines to boost the competitiveness of th…

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With new guidelines, the EU Commission is opening the door to major mergers. The goal is globally competitive corporations – but there is growing concern for less competition in Europe.

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The chairman of the Monopolies Commission, Tomaso Duso, has sharply criticized the European Commission's plans to relax the guidelines for corporate mergers. "The argument that Europe needs mergers to form mega-corporations in order to be globally competitive sounds convincing at first glance, but is not empirically supported," Duso told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) (Tuesday editions). He argued that concentrating power in the hands …

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