Category: Competition and Antitrust
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State Aid Clearance Backs German Semiconductor Plants
Dresden: The European Commission cleared 659 million euro of German state aid on 14 July,…
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Regulators Keep the Power to Seize Emails in Dawn Raids
Companies bracing for a European competition inspection lost a significant argument on 16 July, when…
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Europe’s Merger Rulebook Faces Its Biggest Overhaul Since 2004
Brussels: The European Commission is rewriting the merger guidelines that govern how it clears or…
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Top EU Court Backs Google’s 4.1 Billion Euro Android Fine Ruling
Dublin: A decade-long fight over how Google shaped the smartphone market has ended where the…
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Why the Foreign Subsidies Rulebook Held Firm at Three
Brussels: Three years after the European Union gave itself the power to police foreign subsidies…
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Baker Hughes Wins EU Nod for $13.6bn Chart Deal With Strings
The European Commission has cleared one of the year’s largest energy deals, but only after…
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Google Android Fine Survives EU Court Test at €4.1bn
The long-running Google Android case reached its decisive moment this month, and the outcome tilted…
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Brussels Locks SAP Into a Decade of Fairer Support Contracts
Brussels: The European Commission on 9 July 2026 made a set of SAP support commitments…
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Regulators Ready a Deep Merger Probe Into an Offshore Energy Deal
Milan: One of Europe’s biggest energy engineering tie-ups is drawing hard scrutiny from Brussels. The…
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Top EU Court Clears Email Seizures in Dawn Raids
The Court of Justice of the European Union handed antitrust enforcers a significant win this…
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Meta Told to Freeze WhatsApp AI Curbs in Antitrust Clash
Dublin: From the European headquarters where Meta runs much of its business, the company now…
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Europe’s Highest Court Upholds Google’s €4.1 Billion Android Fine
Luxembourg: The Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed Google’s roughly €4.1 billion Android…
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Meta Must Reopen WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots, EU Rules
Regulators have handed OpenAI, Microsoft and Perplexity a rare victory, ordering Meta to reopen WhatsApp…
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Hungary Wins EU Approval for a Two-Billion-Euro Bank Bailout Plan
Budapest: The European Commission has cleared a two-billion-euro capital injection into Magyar Fejlesztesi Bank, Hungary’s…
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Europe Signs Off on France’s 63 Billion Euro Offshore Wind Push
The European Commission has cleared one of the largest energy subsidies it has ever assessed,…
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Google Loses Its Last Appeal Against a Record Android Fine
Luxembourg: Europe’s top court has ended one of the longest antitrust fights of the decade,…
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Google’s Android Fine Holds as the EU’s Top Court Says No
Luxembourg: The long fight over how Google built its mobile empire ended on 2 July,…
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Google’s Android Fine Survives Its Final Court Test in Europe
Luxembourg: The bloc’s highest court has closed the book on one of the longest antitrust…
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Merger Rulebook Rewrite Ties Antitrust to Europe’s Industrial Push
Turin: Europe’s competition regulators have opened a rewrite of the rules that decide which corporate…
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Europe’s Gatekeeper Rules Hold Firm as Apple’s Appeal Falters
Apple has run out of easy exits. The European Union’s General Court on 8 July…
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Google’s Android Fine Stands as Europe’s Court Ends the Fight
Luxembourg: The Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed Google’s record Android fine on…
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Slovakia Wins State Aid Nod for a Billion-Euro Clean Industry Push
Bratislava: The European Commission has cleared a state aid package worth roughly one billion euros…
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Google’s Final Appeal Fails and a Billion-Euro Fine Stands Firm
One of the largest antitrust penalties in the bloc’s history is now beyond challenge. In…
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Court Backs the Commission’s Reach Into Private Phone Messages
Luxembourg: How far can Europe’s antitrust enforcers reach when they suspect a company has jumped…