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Comment: Siemens-Alstom deal ratchets up EU struggle between merger law and politics

By Nicholas Hirst ( January 14, 2019, 15:50 GMT | Comment) -- Siemens and Alstom’s merger plans put the European Commission in a difficult spot, with potentially far-reaching consequences for competition policy whatever the EU executive decides. When commissioners discuss the deal tomorrow, a long-running conflict between the strictures of merger law and the political realities of Chinese competition will come to the fore. Whether the deal is approved or blocked, the decision will leave deep scars.Siemens and Alstom’s merger plans put the European Commission in a difficult spot, with potentially far-reaching consequences for competition policy whatever the EU executive decides....

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