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​EU merger rules should bend for 'key industries,' Weber says

By Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce ( April 9, 2019, 14:38 GMT | Insight) -- Companies in key strategic sectors should be able to merge even if antitrust enforcers raise concerns about the impact on competition, the center-right's front-runner to be the next European Commission president has said. Manfred Weber argued that Europe should support the emergence of more companies such as Airbus in "strategic industries," and that the bloc's competition rules are out of date for the global economy.Companies in key strategic sectors should be able to merge even if antitrust enforcers raise concerns about the impact on competition, the center-right's front-runner to be the next European Commission president has said....

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