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Google-Fitbit deal approval by EU faces potential censure from lawmakers

By Nicholas Hirst ( February 4, 2021, 15:02 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s Fitbit takeover is facing further criticism in Europe, with lawmakers preparing to censure the EU merger regulator’s approval of the $2.1 billion deal, MLex has learned. European Parliament legislators interested in competition policy are pushing colleagues across the chamber to say they “regret” last year’s decision and to describe the European Commission's remedies as “insufficient.”Google’s Fitbit takeover is facing further criticism in Europe, with lawmakers preparing to censure the EU merger regulator’s recent approval of the $2.1 billion deal, MLex has learned....

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