EU interim-measure threat made companies change behavior, Guersent says
By Lewis Crofts ( June 17, 2026, 16:27 GMT | Insight) -- Companies have dropped potentially illegal behavior because the European Commission was moving to impose interim injunctions, according to the EU's former top competition official. Olivier Guersent said he'd failed to deploy the tool more often when he led the regulator's antitrust division, but that it had still had an effect even without formal decisions.Companies have dropped potentially illegal behavior because the European Commission was moving to impose interim injunctions, the EU's former top competition official said....
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