Tag: EU
EU Watchdogs To Decide On Orange’s Belgian Deal Next Month
French telecoms operator Orange's bid for a majority stake in Belgian rival VOO will be decided by EU antitrust regulators by July 28, a...
EU Plans In Depth Probe For Broadcom’s $69B VMware Deal
Broadcom’s $69bn acquisition of cloud software company VMware is set for a lengthy antitrust investigation in Brussels over regulatory concerns that the deal will...
Thyssenkrupp, Tata Lose Fight Against EU Veto
Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have lost their fight against a European Union antitrust veto of their proposed landmark joint venture, after Europe's second-highest court...
EU Watchdog Probes Vifor Pharma Treatment Of Rival
On monday EU antitrust regulator launched an investigation into possible anti-competitive disparagement by Vifor Pharma of its closest rival Pharmacosmos in an apparent attempt...
EU Faces Citizens’ Opposition In Race For Digital Euro
The European Commission will close a public consultation on the digital euro on Tuesday (June 14), after feedback from EU citizens indicated that a...
EC Wants Parliament To Adopt Crypto Rules To Protect Consumers
Mairead McGuinness, EU’s Commissioner for financial services, told members of the European Parliament (MEP) on Tuesday 14 that given the recent developments in the...
EU Privacy Watchdog Wants To Take Major Big Tech Cases
The head of the European Union’s data protection watchdog said that a landmark privacy law adopted four years ago isn’t being enforced properly and...
Ali Group Gets Conditional EU OK For $3.4B Welbilt Buy
Italian food-service equipment maker Ali group secured conditional EU antitrust approval on Friday for its $3.4 billion for Welbilt after agreeing to sell its US...
EU Parliament’s Committee Endorses Agreement on Digital Services Act
The EU Parliament’s Internal Market Committee endorsed Thursday the provisionally reached agreement with EU governments on the DSA with 36 votes in favor, five against and one...
Meta, Alphabet & Twitter To Take On Fake News As EU...
Meta, Alphabet, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them...