Germany’s antitrust tech powers work despite Big Tech lobbying, Mundt says
By Anna Ferrari ( December 10, 2025, 16:16 GMT | Insight) -- Big Tech is lobbying to weaken Germany’s tech-specific antitrust powers, but the country’s top regulator said the tool remains vital alongside the EU’s digital-platform rules as a faster way to intervene. Andreas Mundt also warned that AI’s highly concentrated infrastructure and data accumulation posed a growing challenge for competition authorities trying to keep markets open.Big Tech is lobbying to weaken Germany’s tech-specific antitrust powers, but the country’s top regulator said the tool remains vital alongside the EU’s digital-platform rules as a faster way to intervene....
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